Tuesday, March 15, 2011

SHELVES IN THE LIBRARY!

The money raised during Likoni's Library fundraiser in February is being put to use! Last week, Hatua hired a carpenter and purchased the timber needed to build 9 library shelves.

Kwame off-loading timber

After being purchased and planed in town we transported our timber across the ferry to Likoni and offloaded it in the library. On Friday 11th March, our fundi (carpenter) began building.

The carpenter at work

Half the shelves are now complete and looking wonderful! The rest should be finished by weeks end. Before long they'll be covered with over 2000 books donated by American Friends of Kenya and the East Side Community High School, in New York City.

Some of the fixed shelves

When work on the shelves is finished, we'll begin building reading tables. Stay tuned for word of more progress!

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  1. peter kwameMarch 17, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    i belive that the foundation of every community is education of it's youth and once the library is up and running, and well utilised, we will have better leaders in the future. as John F Kennedy said "Leadership and Education are indispensible from each other"

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  2. StephanieMarch 25, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    this is so exciting to see! yay!

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