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In 2009, we aim to provide at least 6,000 books, at a cost of £2 a book (but worth an estimated £72,000 due to the high value donations we receive from UK publishers) for our partners in Zambia. We respond to partner libraries’ detailed request forms so that the materials they receive are relevant and appropriate to their needs.

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Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)
    • Other Other

    Situation

    Although Zambia has a policy of providing free primary education, over 500,000 children don’t have access to a government school. Most schools have few or no textbooks and no supplementary materials for reading beyond the curriculum. Almost one-third of the country’s adults are unable to read and write with understanding. Children with disabilities and children orphaned by AIDS are affected particularly badly by the shortage of resources. Our partners in Zambia include the Forum for African Women Educationalists of Zambia (FAWEZA), whose mobile libraries project was started in 2004, and aims to make books available for over 3,000 children in 12 schools at grades 10-12. Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) is another partner. Every single day, over 11,000 of Zambia’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children attend a ZOCS school and Book Aid International books are helping them to read and learn. Books change lives. We need to raise £12,850 to provide these books and manage our programme in Zambia in 2009.

    Solution

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    Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)
    • Other Other