"A Million Books For A Million Lives"--The campaign to electrify Liberian Schools!
Campaign: "A Million Books for a Million Lives"
The Liberian Literacy Foundation has developed the Liberian Books Project to collect 1.2 million donated used college textbooks to build 1,200 literacy centers in Liberia and educate 1.8 million people.This is achieved by partnering with colleges and universities to collect 1,000 used college textbooks on each campus, create one scholarship for a Liberian student, train one volunteer literacy tutor from each college to travel to Liberia, and deliver renewable electricity to one literacy center in Liberia....(read story)
Impact of the Liberian Books Project Activities
In Liberia:
300,000 gently used books for literacy centers
1,200 trained teachers
1,200 literacy centers
10 Megawatts of renewable electricity—wind and solar power to Liberian schools
In the US:
1,200 trained literacy tutors to work in US communities
120 US trained teachers
1 Megawatt of renewable electricity—wind and solar power for US communities.
