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School Library Refurbishment Project

Summary

In August 2009 READ International refurbished 12 Tanzanian school libraries to support the donation of our textbooks. progress reportread updates from the field


How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £621 was raised for this project.

Received £621 from 30 donations from people around the world like:

(Anon.)

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

READ International have delivered over 550,000 textbooks to over 550 Tanzanian secondary schools. READ International embarked on an exciting new project to support the donation of resources. By providing schools with sets of textbooks to use in class, READ has increased the access a student has to knowledge. Our Library Renovation Project aims to create spaces for Tanzanian students which are conducive both for study and leisure.

Activities

The renovation project is a completely student-led initiative. READ volunteers (from UK and Tanzania) take on the responsibility of the whole project from the library design to the organization of student work-teams.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £621

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £621.  The original project funding goal was £18,207.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We follow the rule of “quality- first time round” with every library renovation. We establish long term library groups, reading groups, school prefects, etc devoted to sustaining the success and use of the library long after we've gone.

Project Message

This is one of the most effective ways to alleviate poverty in Africa.
- Hon Margaret Sitta MP, Former Tz Minister for Education

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Robert Wilson,
Founder
Vintage House
37 Albert Embankment
Vauxhall, London SE1 7TL
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 2030319116
Email:

Project Sponsor

Robert Wilson

Organisation

READ International
37 Albert Embankment Vauxhall
London, London SE1 7TL
United Kingdom
02030319116
http://www.readinternational.org.uk

Learn more about READ International and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Tanzania, United Republic of and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Tanzania, United Republic of, read the Human Development Report on Tanzania, United Republic of or the Wikipedia entry for Tanzania, United Republic of.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 30, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Complete

By Robert Wilson - Mr, October 01, 2009 12:51 PM

Thank you so much to everyone for their support. READ International successfully completed this project in August 2009.

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