The reading room project is officially on Peace Corps’
website! This means that I can start fundraising all over the world!
My community has been working for the last six months to
create a reading room and information center for the village so that everyone
can have access to books and computers. There is no library in my community,
and outside of school, most people do not have opportunities to use books or
computers. We want to create a public space for all that will help foster a
culture of reading and provide tools for lifelong learning.
The community has contributed $7,576.47 towards the project through
the cost of the donated building and transportation costs to move materials. We
also have lots of volunteers who will be helping with labor, painting, building,
and cleaning. But now we are looking to fundraise $4,811.12 to cover the costs
of connecting the electricity, putting in a new ceiling, building a veranda, bookshelves, and buying computers and printers. We will be receiving a shipment
of books from Books for Botswana in June and I am looking to collect more books
whenever possible.
Please take a minute to read about the project on the
website! We are so excited about this project and are looking for all the help
we can get! And if you feel the urge to share this link with as many friends as
possible, we would be eternally grateful. I will be posting regular updates about
the project on my blog as we go along and plan to post interviews with community members
about what a reading room means to them.
If you would like to support our project and
donate, please click on the link here:https://donate.peacecorps.gov/donate/project/bobirwa-region-community-reading-room/
(Donations are U.S. tax deductible)
The ladies of the Reading Room Committee at a school event
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