Community Library Program

GAA’s Community Library Program provides educational resources, such as copies of textbooks required by Ministries of Education, that enable primary and secondary school students to prepare for exams. The libraries provide a safe place for students to study.

IMPACT Report

  • 16,000+ visits per year at the Kibera Community Library in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya

  • 6,000+ visits per year at the Kibosho Community Library on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, near Moshi, Tanzania

  • Cost per visit: $0.44 cents

 
 

  • — More than half of upper-secondary school age boys drop out of school in Kenya and Tanzania.

    — It is estimated that only 12% of all girls living in Nairobi slums attend secondary school.

  • — GAA community libraries are located in urban slums and remote rural areas in both Kenya and Tanzania.

    — Thousands of children and youth are provided with educational resources to which they would otherwise not have access.

  • — Each library has a librarian and is managed and operated by Global Alliance for Africa in collaboration with a local library committee.

    — Each library includes a general collection, a children’s library, and a community room.

    — All of the libraries are increasing their collection of primary and secondary school curriculum texts as listed and required for the successful completion of each grade level by the Ministries of Education in both Kenya and Tanzania.

    — Community libraries in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya and Kibosho, Tanzania (on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro) both have an internet cafe/resource center which provides access to email and a wide range of online educational resources.

    — All of the libraries are developing outreach programs to the community through educational programs, literacy programs and other programs for children and adults.