A site devoted to thoughts about books, reading, and libraries relevant to Africa mostly by Michael Kevane, co-Director of Friends of African Village Libraries, a small 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to helping village and small community libraries in Africa. I am also an economist at Santa Clara University. Other frequent contributors are Kate Parry, FAVL-East Africa director, and Anne-Reed Angino, FAVL networker extraordinaire! For more information see the FAVL website, http://www.favl.org
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Social tourism on a book bus in Zambia!
Teresa Jolly Holt sends us to this volunteer opportunity: VentureCo has a "book bus" in Zambia, and you drive around with them stopping at villages and doing story hours. What a great idea! Spend two weeks with them (the cost is about $750) and then if you develop a taste for volunteer work in Africa, consider volunteering in a FAVL library for a longer stay, living in a village and really getting to know people.
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