Children; Teachers and students; Schools; Libraries
I took this picture of a group of First year students from a high school in the Philippines in September of 2009. These students helped open our first boxes of donated books, and were so proud that they asked to have their picture taken. To date,...
With the fellow members of the American Cultural Center at the Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv which was opened in collaboration with the US Embassy. We had lots of fun creating the English library, English Speaking club and the monthly...
There were no book stores in Turkmenistan, only warehouses of textbooks. The culture of reading had left with the fall of the Soviet Union, but the desire to learn about a greater world and see images of life beyond their borders brought a full...
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Libraries; Teachers and students
This is a photo of my wife, Carolyn Elijah, working with 10th grade level students at the Vanuatu Agriculture College library. She is teaching Ni-Vanuatu students how to do research work via internet, a totally new concept and tool for...
Cameroonians helping us unload a 40-foot container worth of books from Books For Africa as part of the greater Books For Cameroon project that established over 30 libraries across 5 regions of Cameroon.
Library time is finally in session. Our school library was finally cleaned, organized, and children were welcomed to participate in small library events such as this one, story time with a craft.
This is a photo of a Guatemalan boy enjoying a copy of "Donde Los Monstruos Viven" or "Where the Wild Things Are." His rural school received over 100 books as part of a library donation from the USA.
Libraries; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
This photo shows a computer being set up in the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library at Fre Siwot Elementary School in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. I enlisted the support of current volunteers in setting up the library, which opened in August...
Although the official dedication of the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library and Media Center did not begin until 10:00 a.m., the children lined up at 8:00 in the blazing sun. I wondered how to keep them entertained for two hours and then it hit...
I enlisted the support of current volunteers (2009) in Mekelle, Ethiopia to help set up a library project in memory of a colleague. The current volunteers were extremely helpful in setting up the library and are a continued source of support for...