TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jane Meyers of the Lubuto Library Project will speak at The University of Alabama on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 3-5 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library about the opening of the first of 100 libraries for street children in the African country Zambia.
The Lubuto Library Project is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that seeks to give the increasing number of street children in Africa an opportunity for non-formal education. The organization will help build 100 libraries in Zambia to give African street children the opportunity to improve their literacy, language skills and general knowledge in order to better participate in society and improve their future.
The talk is being held at UA during International Education Week; the event is sponsored by the UA Libraries, Capstone International Center, New College, Community Service Center, School of Library and Information Studies and the Alabama SLA Chapter.
The talk is free and open to the public.
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Contact
C.J. McCormick or Linda Hill, UA Public Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu
Source
Mangala Krishnamurthy, UA Libraries/Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering, 205/348-2109, mkrishna@ua.edu