African Library Project

<p>The African Library Project (ALP) is a non-profit organization that starts libraries in rural Africa.  U.S. volunteers organize book drives and ship books to a library in Africa.  ALP partners with governmental and non-governmental organizations in <a href="/facts/Sub-Saharan_Africa/p4u389aa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>. The partners process applications from schools and communities that want libraries, distribute the books, and provide training. Schools and communities that receive books provide the library space and staffing. ALP works in <a href="/facts/Botswana/dGw6g94p">Botswana</a>, <a href="/facts/Ghana/IkUw32Ya">Ghana</a>, <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a>, <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a>, <a href="/facts/Malawi/HTj5q7Wc">Malawi</a>, <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a>, and <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a>.
</p><p>ALP is a US 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2005 by Chris Bradshaw. In the first eleven years of operation, ALP started over 1,900 libraries in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, ALP has managed the creation of 4,143 libraries containing a total of 4,315,274 books. 
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African Library Project