Book Drive Update

Many thanks are in order to the Livonia High School Student Senate under the guidance of Kristie Langlois. Kristie read about the need for children’s books here in Namibia on the blog and answered the call. The LHS Student Senate collected loads of books and had them shipped over. Priscilla Harris, whose year 3 class this will benefit, has finally received them. She is delighted and has indicated the belief that this will be the only public school class in Namibia to have its own library. Her class numbers around 42 students, so having access to leisure time reading materials will no doubt help improve the children’s reading skills and encourage them to read more on their own. I will go by sometime in the week and read a story from one of the donated books and take a photo.
Additional thanks to Fr. Jamin David, Suzanne Laviolette and the many others who sent books separately. Often times the shipping costs far exceeded the value of the books, making the donation all the more commendable.
This has been a valuable learning experience for me and my family. What a wonderful way to inject a little good into our world. I am constantly amazed at the generosity of the average American and the can do attitude of seeing a need and addressing it. I hope this can either become a long term project or one that spreads in scope to encompass other American schools in partnership with other Namibian schools or African schools for that matter. Any ideas on the subject are most welcome!