Recently at church, I heard that everything from Angioplasty to Dental plans will be made into a data base or something online that people, preferably medical providers, will be able to access. There has always been many issues to keeping medical records. Through the years these records have been kept on… Continue

Hello! Well, ran out of funding so am in UK trying to find a way to get back to make more libraries and develop exisiting ones! Am in Scotland. Any ideas gratefully accepted!!! Got to look around BookAid International HQ last week in London! Really cool! Work permit is renewed and medical insurance also so all set to go home to Kenya!

Before I left we had a great visit from AFK (American Friends in Kenya) a long time partner to KidsLIbs, who visited our libraries and saw the work we do! They ha… Continue

Dear networkers,
We recently had some member which used the forum for commercial purposes, such as advertising all sorts of stuff. I have tried to keep an eye on that and deleted such posts immediately. Please note, that any member who posts commercial stuff will be banned immediately! This is a non-profit initiative, its members contribute to the network in their freetime. Our aim is to share information on African Village Libraries and help each other with news, posting and answering requests… Continue

Greetings everyone!

I'm a Master's student in Library Science at the Catholic University of America. Two of my interests in the field are medical and international librarianship. I'm hoping to find opportunities to volunteer/network with African libraries after I graduate next year. I found this site through FAVL and decided to join so that I could meet/interact with others who have had similar experiences.

The main country of interest for me is Ghana (that's where my roots lie), but Africa is… Continue

I arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The main purpose of the visit is to collect Kathy and Mona from the airport, two librarians from Vancouver Central Public Library. Kathy has been involved in the library work here since one year after the Kwekitui library was established. She has been acting as a librarian consultant by putting together a manual to help our newly trained young librarian in Kwekitui and then collecting and sending various library supplies. Mona is a children's librarian who j… Continue