2026 – Sponsored Students Update

Libraries of Love also has a sponsored student program. Most students who are currently sponsored were being sent home from school in elementary school as their parents didn’t have money for school fees. As our Director would go to check on libraries, she would see them leaving the school grounds. She would then take them back and pay their fees, later going home to meet their families.

Libraries of Love, thanks to sponsors, now has 22 college graduates. There are attorneys, nurses, business degrees, agricultural degrees, education degrees, etc.

At present, there are 53 students sponsored. Twenty of those are in college. Twenty-three are in Secondary school ( 8th-13th grades. ) Ten are in Primary School (4th-7th grades.)

Sponsors pay school fees and requirements. However, during the school term there are always other needs such as a sick child needing to go to the hospital, unexpected field trips, transportation for returning home, new shoes, fees for tests, on and on. These costs are paid through donations to Libraries of Love.

Following are posts about sponsored students from our Executive Director’s social media while in Kenya and Uganda.

January 6, 2026
Wonderful to meet with many of our sponsored kids in Kenya today. They kept me laughing.

February 16, 2026 – Wonderful to have time with sponsored twins Kato and Waaswa. One is studying nursing and one laboratory work. Amazing young men!

March 7, 2026 – Wonderful meeting today with some of our sponsored. We now have 26 college graduates. This picture includes one of our high school students – the others are now in college. ***If you would like to help sponsor, let us know!

April 10, 2026 – Love that many of our kids have been sponsored since they were young. Kizza is the little one with his brother, and now he’s in high school!

April 14, 2026 – Love visiting sponsored young people. I’ve known Kizza nine years. So thankful for sponsors. They are changing lives!
Would you like to sponsor? Message me.

May 8, 2026 – Wonderful meeting today with 20 of our sponsored students in Mbale. Lots of laughter, singing, fun games, food, and serious talks. We are so thankful for Kakai Annet who is in charge of these students for LOL – paying their school fees and purchasing their requirements for us. Amazing lady!

May 23, 2026 – I appreciate John and Solome for taking good care of our sponsored kids in Kampala. They meet with sponsored students before school starts a new term. Each young person’s supplies are in a bag. They must check off each item they have received and then sign. Today we met, played games, sang, and had a good lunch.

May 27, 2026 – Two of our sponsored, Godfrey and Aaron, are studying nursing. They have college certificates, but have had to do two years practice before starting on diplomas in January. I enjoyed visiting them at the outpatient clinic of Mbale Hospital. I’m very grateful for their sponsors.

May 31, 2026 – 2011 and today! Meet Billy Eric Wauyo and Ugandatta JohnMary, Billy and JohnMary were two of our first sponsored. We enjoyed meeting and catching up over lunch. Time goes too fast!

Apple Volunteers

Thanks to Whitney Dixon and Liz Titus who were first-time volunteers from Apple Computers. They helped us get close to finishing boxes for the 2019 shipment. We hope to see them again!

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Libraries of Love students reading
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An all volunteer organization, Libraries of Love has created libraries in 36 schools in Uganda and reached an estimated 70,000 students since 2005. Thanks to the individuals, groups, book publishers, distributors, and library material suppliers who support our cause. Libraries of Love is also on Amazon Smile. If you select us as your charity, Amazon will donate a part of any qualified purchase to Libraries of Love. To learn more, go to http://smile.amazon.com/about.

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Facebook post from Trudy (June 26, 2015):
Our incredible team boarded the airplane an hour ago to return to the States. They restocked 11 libraries 
(which is more difficult than doing new ones), and created 3 new libraries. They spent time with many young people, sang and visited in classes, took boda rides through the bush, and made many new friends. I will miss them!

Libraries of Love 2015 volunteers
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More than Books
Libraries of Love Team 2015 rode motorbikes through the countryside sharing love with kids and adults. The team handed out suckers and toothbrushes. Those in the bush will always remember the time when the mzungus arrived on 8 bodas.

Ugandan Martyrs Primary library
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A lifelong partnership
We appreciate Babirye Sophie. She has been a Libraries of Love librarian for 6 years. Over 800 students come to borrow books each week at Ugandan Martyrs Primary. The library has had many visitors, such as those from the Red Cross and Operation Uganda. Sophie said she especially loves the 2-day librarian meeting sponsored by Libraries of Love where she gets to interact with other librarians. She also loves reading novels. Cheers for Sophie!


Thankful for past support and looking to the future
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