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Our Mission

The purpose of Libraries of Love is to promote literacy in Africa by partnering with Africans to create libraries in individual schools, provide financial support to assist in the educational development of individuals, and address humanitarian needs in Africa.  

Making a Difference

2022 books shipped; 2023 book processing begins

April 4, 2022 – Today a container of books was shipped from Texas to Uganda. Thank you, Jim Matthews, for handling shipping!
**Already this amazing group is preparing books for 2023 African libraries. God bless you Paula, Jim, Betty, Ellen, and Anna.

2021 projects include 3 prison libraries

Despite Covid-19 lockdowns and no school for most students, we accomplished our mission of restocking schools and providing our first prison libraries. Malukhu Men’s and Women’s Prisons, and the Remand Center (juvenile detention) libraries are a success! The first evening, 72 books were borrowed at the men’s. When I walked in the Remand Center and men’s prison the next day, the floors were full with men and youth reading. Changing lives!

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Thanks to Garrett for Books
This is a sampling of the books donated by Garrett Book Company. We appreciate their continued support.

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We appreciate Mackin
Mackin Educational Resources donates books
We are thankful for Mackin Educational Resources. They have supported Libraries of Love with hundreds of books each year. They provide a wonderful variety of hardback easy, fiction, and non-fiction books.

Thanks to Coughlan
Coughlan Companies donate books
Pictured are samples of the great books donated by Coughlan Companies. We are thrilled with the donation of over 4,000 new hardback books from this supportive publisher.

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Libraries of Love book available

Over the years, Trudy has kept a journal of adventures and misadventures – good and sometimes not so good – during her stays in Uganda and Kenya. People have frequently said, “Trudy, you should write a book.” Well, now she has done just that, relying on notes from her journals. It’s a first-person account of what you’ve helped her accomplish. You can get a copy by donating $15 dollars and sending your mailing address to Paula Ward at paulaward10@sbcglobal.net. If you prefer digital, a Kindle version is also available on Amazon.

Dell volunteers on May 13, 2022
Because of the pandemic, today we had our first Dell group in 28 months.  We are so happy to have their help again. Led by Felicia White they completed 12 boxes for us. Volunteering were Felicia, Patrick, Jim, Mario, Kyle, and Scott.
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Laurel Mountain Supports Libraries of Love

Thanks to Laurel Mountain
Libraries of Love collects books, prepares them for checkout with pockets and cards, and ships them to Uganda and Kenya. A team of volunteers then travels to the schools to install the libraries. The team takes an empty room in a school and builds bookshelves, arranges thousands of books in library order and teaches teachers and students how to use the library.
Libraries of Love has now shipped over 224,104 hardback books to Uganda and Kenya, complete with spine labels and pockets and card. This doesn’t include thousands of paperbacks we have enjoyed giving to young people. It is our honor to serve the young people of Uganda and Kenya. May God bless those who donated to make this possible. The partnership continues for a lifetime. You can help every step of the way.
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Books with Africa Themes

SPECIAL BOOK DONATIONS
We are extremely excited about a list of books created for Libraries of Love by volunteers Jim and Ellen Matthews, almost all with African themes / settings. Many are set in Uganda or Kenya. Can you imagine the big eyes as the students look at these books with familiar faces and places? You can donate books directly from the list on Amazon.
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Libraries of Love video

Video Presentation

Watch a special video showing Libraries of Love at work in Uganda, funded by supporters Lynne and Anne Dobson.

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