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Books and supplies shipped to Uganda for 2010 projects |
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Books and supplies left Round Rock on schedule January 28 with shipment from the port at Houston on February 1. After arrival, the books will remain in storage until volunteers travel to Uganda to create the new libraries and restock existing libraries.
Our first team of 18 volunteers will travel to Uganda on June 5th and return the 21st. The second team of 9 volunteers will travel to Uganda on June 28th, and return July 13. Executive Director Trudy Marshall will spend June and July in Uganda. |
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The Shipment – (all donated items):
- 24,000+ books to complete five elementary libraries and one secondary – SIX libraries in 2010!
- Maps and globes for the new schools
- Soccer balls and basketballs for the new schools
- Additional books for our 13 previous libraries
- Medical books for a library our volunteers will create. The library will be for Dr. Patrick Mutono. It will be located in a hospital where he will train physicians.
- Approximately 55 soft blankets and sheet sets for a rural clinic (special donation)
- 100 pair of shoes for Besania Orphanage (special donation)
- Martin Nkoyoyo Primary: over 200 books on tapes, plus headphones and listening stations for use by sighted and blind children. Many Braille books, plus 400 additional books will be added to this school’s library which LOL created last year.
- Donated sound equipment for our home church, Pearl Haven, in Mbale. |
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Herff Jones donates maps and globes |
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Thanks to Herff Jones Education Division, which again this year donated maps and globes for our 2010 project schools.
Included in this year's shipment to Uganda were 14 boxes of globes and 7 boxes of maps, including wall maps of Africa like the one pictured here from 2009. |
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Six Ugandan schools selected to receive libraries |
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Kitebi Day and Boarding School
1,324 students
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Kasubi Church of Uganda Primary School
1,322 students
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African Children's Choir Primary School
150 students
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Ugandan Martyrs Primary School/Lubaga
1,005 students
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Kings College-Buda
1,200 students
Libraries of Love - the Process:
Books are collected.
Spine labels are typed and placed on the books.
Next, they are prepared for checkout in Uganda using pockets and cards with labels.
Our shipment leaves for Uganda at the end of January
Volunteers travel to Uganda in June to create the newest libraries.
Empty rooms in schools become beautiful, functional libraries.
Teachers and students are taught how to use their library to its fullest potential.
The partnership continues for a lifetime.
Items Needed by Libraries of Love:
Grant / Researcher - Writer
Volunteers to prepare books in Austin or Pflugerville
Hardback books for the library
Funding for shipping
Sponsors to fund book cabinets for the classrooms
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Comments from our executive director about the selected schools:
Kitebi Primary: Henry Kitwandwe, who was the Director of Students at Namirembe Primary, has been transferred to Kitebi; we trust Henry to keep a library running well.
Kasubi C/U Primary School: The former headmistress of Bat Valley Primary, Sarah Bazawe, has been transferred to Kasubi C/U Primary School. Sarah has been a strong supporter of our libraries in Uganda, as well as helping with customs, etc.
Ugandan Martyrs Primary School: Many of our friends in education recommended this school. It has a young enthusiastic headmaster, and we will enjoy working with him.
African Children's Choir: We have been fortunate to have permission from the African Children’s Choir to use their music on our DVD the past three years. They are building a new school in Entebbe and are thrilled at the prospect of receiving a library.
Kings College-Buda: The former headmaster from Mengo Secondary school, Patrick Bakka Mele, was transferred to King's College-Buda. The library will be in a beautiful church built in 1870. It is a secondary school - grades 8 - 12.
Joyce Primary School: The fifth elementary school was a late addition because of an abundance of books donated this year. It's the school where our Ugandan pastor's daughter Mercy attends. It has 200 students. | |
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We appreciate schools, churches for their book drives |
Special thanks to Pflugerville Community Church and Bethany Methodist Church
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Pflugerville Church
'adopts' Ugandan school
In addition to it's book drive, Plugerville Community Church raised enough money from donations to "adopt" Kasubi C/U Primary School, which has 1,322 students. The donations funded all expenses related to completion of the library, including shipping, book prep, shelving, and organizational items.
The Libraries of Love Board extends special thanks to the church for it's support of our mission to bring books to deserving Ugandan children.
May you be blessed as you have blessed these children. | |
Pictured above left are some of the books donated by Lee Elementary School, which included $800 worth of new books from their Book Fair in November. At right, are books donated by the Junior Library Guild. We are thankful for all the schools, churches, clubs and individuals that donate books each year. Special notice goes to Bethany Methodist Church, which gave Libraries of Love 2,400 books in early December and funded hundreds of Ugandan children's school lunches and fees for the third year.
Thanks to these groups who also held book drives this year:
- Lake Travis High School
- Lake Travis Middle School
- Hudson Bend Middle School
- Lakeway Elementary School
- Laurel Mountain Elementary
- Canyon Vista Middle School
- Brookhollow Elementary
- Brushy Creek Elementary
- Interact Club Lake Travis
- First Methodist Church - Round Rock
- First Baptist Church - Round Rock
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | | |
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Video follows books to Uganda |
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Click here to watch how books are prepared, shipped and shelved by volunteers in this video that follows one of the thousands of books provided to school libraries in Uganda as part of the 2009 projects. See volunteers at work creating the libraries, a grand opening and the joy of students using their library for the first time. | |
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  Those who have been to Uganda love Mercy, our Ugandan pastor's daughter. Last year, we met and fell in love with another Mercy. This beautiful Mercy was a newborn at a rural clinic. The mother had died. She was alone. Melissa Busby, Trudy's nephew's wife, who has made three trips to Uganda with Libraries of Love, felt a tug at her heart. After returning and much prayer, she and her husband, Cody (pastors of First Baptist Church in Mulvane, Kansas) knew they wanted to adopt Mercy. They are now in the process. To raise funding for the adoption, which will be around $15,000, they are selling 'Mercy' t-shirts. If you would like a t-shirt, please contact Melissa at: melissabusby@hotmail.com. The shirts are $17, which includes mailing.
If you would like to donate to help with the adoption process, please feel free to do that, as well. Cody and Melissa's blog about Mercy can be found at: roadtomercy.blogspot.com
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Thankful for past support and looking to the future |
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2005
800 students served
2009
4,500 students helped |
2006
3,000 students reached
In 2010, Libraries of Love will create libraries for six schools serving about 5,000 students. We are an all-volunteer organization that relies on the community to help create libraries in Ugandan schools. |
2007
4,600 students enriched
The Round Rock ISD school community, parents, civic groups, churches, book publishers, library supply companies and our friends at Dell have stepped up each year as our mission has grown. |
2008
7,100 students benefit
And, we are thankful for each one of you! | |
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