Put your excess books into good use...

I've been closely following the progress of the establishment of Rwanda's first ever public library. The construction is underway and more info of the project can be seen here http://www.kigalilibrary.org/index.html

Rwandans of course would be needing books and other educational materials to populate their library. As the library is scheduled to open sometime in 2008, Project RAFT International (an organization I'm with) would like to start a Book Drive.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

I'm currently negotiating with a shipment company to help ship the books to Rwanda. What you can do is pledge at least one - just one book for us to pick up in the near future.

It would be great if you can pledge educational books that would aid Rwandan students in their studies.

BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR PROMISE

Once you've made your pledge known to us, write a simple message and your name and country on the inside flap of the book. Let Rwandans know how much you care and they will be ever so grateful.

WAIT AWHILE

Once we reach our target of 1,000 books and secure cooperation from a shipper, we would let you know how we will gather the books from your respective countries. During this time, we would also be looking for volunteer representatives from different countries to help collect the books.

We hope that you'd take time to really think about this important matter.

JUST ONE BOOK WILL HELP SO MANY RWANDANS...IMAGINE WHAT 1,000 CAN DO

To pledge a book title, please post a message here and we will include you in the list.