Our Bookfeeding Libraries
People can visit our libraries at any time, however not all libraries have the capacity to take care of volunteers or to accommodate them. Please check out the individual library profiles for more information. If you wish to visit one of our libraries during the day, to bring some books or just for the experience, please contact us and we’d be happy to help you arrange it.
click on the countries highlighted in green for more information
Brazil
Magé 🇧🇷
After a long break due to Covid-19, Bookfeeding Project supported one of its first projects in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in the city Magé.
Burundi,
Gatare 🇧🇮
Gatare is a small village not far from Ngozi city in Ngozi Commune and province in the north of Burundi. The majority of the people living in Gatare are young and excited about the new library.
Ghana,
AMPENKRO 🇬ðŸ‡
One of the libraries we are building in 2022 is this new library in Ghana. It’s gonna be amazing and already needs volunteers! Would you like to help us build a library?
Ghana,
Offinso 🇬ðŸ‡
In a rural village in Ghana, Offinso, locals built a school to provide education for orphans, children with disabilities and families living in poverty. It is in this school where our library is located.
INDIA,
TAMIL NADU 🇮🇳
This is the very first Bookfeeding project and as such the most established one. There are two libraries at two AID India centers. A number of volunteers have visited our libraries here and taught English or organized other activities.
Kenya,
Koguta 🇰🇪
Our first library in Kenya was finished in April 2015. Ndori is a tiny village situated in the Koguta area near the famous Lake Victoria, in Kenya. The closest town is Sondu which is about 7km away, the closest library about 100 km.
Kenya,
LIKONI 🇰🇪
This library is our second library in Kenya. It was built in cooperation with the Kipepeo Foundation and Books Abroad, who assisted with funds and providing books. The library is situated in an old building of Timbwane Baptist Academy primary school, which is located in Likoni.
MAdagascar,
Antananarivo 🇲🇬
Madagascar Bookfeeding Project was the second Bookfeeding project, and first of its kind in Africa. In 2014, Niry, now our local representative, offered her family building for our project. 4 months later we finally opened the first Bookfeeding library in Africa.
MALAWI,
THOM ALLAN VILLAGE 🇲🇼
Our first library in Malawi is located in the Thom Allan village which forms part of the Tomba district in the south of Malawi. This is one of our new libraries which is managed by the local Positive Change Youth Organisation in collaboration with the local community.
NIGERIA,
AKU 🇳🇬
Aku is a larger town in Enugu State which is located approximately 600 km east of Lagos close to Mbu. It is located in the Igbo Etiti Local Government Area. The library is part of a secondary school.
Nigeria,
Mbu 🇳🇬
Our first library in Nigeria is in Mbu, which is located approximately 600 km east of Lagos. This library is a perfect example for how easily a general conversation you might have with the person sitting next to you on a plane can lead to building a library for people in need!
SENEGAL,
FORA DIAWARA 🇸🇳
This library is located in Senegal in a very small village called Fora Diawara, near Mauritania’s borders, that is accessible by a donkey cart. Its location on school premises ensures that our library is always open and that the students, and whoever else wishes to read, have full support at all times.
SENEGAL,
podor 🇸🇳
This library is our second located in Senegal, it is located in a very small village called Podor. Its location on school premises ensures that our library is always open and that the students, and whoever else wishes to read, have full support at all times.
Sierra Leone,
ORUGO 🇸🇱
When our volunteer Alena travelled through Africa on her long journey, she was accommodated by the amazing Alusine. Alusine is an active couchsurfer, who works hard on inviting tourists and other people to his community to show them the beauty of Sierra Leone and to help motivate his community to practice different languages.
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SIERRA LEONE,
ROKURP 🇸🇱
Rokurp library is the second Bookfeeding library in Sierra Leone. The construction started in late spring 2020. The community is full of hard-working people who beleive that education is important tool to uplift people from poverty. Sierra Leone had a dreadful history, but we beleive in positive future!
sOUTH aFRICA,
Polokwane 🇿🇦
Our first library in South Africa was established in cooperation with Lisika Unite organization. Lisika is very active in promoting reading culture and supporting education in the region. It is located in Limpopo province not far from Polokwane town.
Tanzania,
Majengo 🇹🇿
Our Majengo Bookfeeding is our latest library in Tanzania. It is located in a small rural community near Moshi town. The villagers here are very eager to learn new things, improve their cultural practices and to educate their children and themselves.
Tanzania,
Ukonga 🇹🇿
The members of the Ukonga community struck us as a hard working individuals who were especially invested in the future of their youth. Besides seeing the value of sports, they also knew the worth of education in raising strong and resilient children with prospects of a better future.
Tanzania,
Visiwani 🇹🇿
Our Viswani public library is located in the outskirts of Arusha, Tanzania's third largest city. This project was organised and built in cooperation with a lovely group of student volunteers from Taiwan and is currently managed by our local volunteer, Samson.
Uganda,
Kasese 🇺🇬
Fair Earth Foundation for Human Wellness (FEFO) is a community based organization dedicated to children, youth, women and community development through skill based training, capacity building and education for poverty alleviation and empowerment and general community well-being.
Uganda,
Lake Bunyoni 🇺🇬
This library is located on one of the most beautiful lakes in Uganda. Transportation to and from the surrounding communities is done by boat or canoe. We hope this library will encourage the youth and children to read and attend school despite the challenges caused by the location of their community.
UGANDA,
tororo 🇺🇬
Tororo is a small town in eastern Uganda. Known as a trading hub where people from the surrounding villages come to work, Tororo also has a small primary school. It’s this school that reached out to us asking for support in creating a community library.
ZAMBIA,
Kanyama 🇿🇲
Kanyama Library opened in September 2017 and is the result of the hard work of the local community, the Italian NGO Africa Call and Bookfeeding Project. At the moment we are trying to collect Braille books in English and Chinyanja for children and youth so we can offer reading classes to a number of blind children who are attending the school.
Zimbabwe,
Norton 🇿🇼
Our first library in Zimbabwe is located about 50km from its capital, Harare. The community got to know about our projects when a mutual friend, Alena, on her journey through Africa spread the word about Bookfeeding. About a year later the Norton community library was opened.