Building Libraries

SHARE has created 4 school libraries in Tanzania, and has also supplied books to our partner organizations in South Africa, Malawi, and Zanzibar, benefiting 8000 students and teachers. The SHARE libraries are equipped with thousands of children’s books, textbooks, and school supplies that have been shipped nearly 10,000 miles to the SHARE branches. To date, SHARE volunteers have collected over 33,000 children’s books, thousands of school supplies, a dozen laptop computers and 10 E-readers. The new libraries benefit the entire school population during the school day, and host the SHARE programs for girls after school hours.

Hekima Girls' Secondary School - SHARE's 4th Library, 2010

SHARE transformed a room that was being used as a grainery into a state-of-the-art library for the Hekima Girls' Secondary School. There are 460 students, and approximately 15 staff members and teachers who utilize the SHARE library. Please click "Read more" to see a 4-minute video about the library and this amazing school.

Kangabusharo Primary School - SHARE's 3rd Library, 2009

The Kangabusharo School has 509 pupils, (94 orphans) and ten teachers. The student to teacher ratio is 1:50, one teacher to fifty pupils! In 2009 SHARE renovated of one of the dilapidated classrooms and transformed it into a SHARE Library. Secure windows and doors were installed, the inside and outside of the library was painted, and the repairs were made. SHARE equipped the classroom with 3000 children’s books and textbooks, school supplies, such as solar calculators, pencils and pens, 20 desks, and 5 large bookshelves. This SHARE library is also the location for a daily after-school reading program for girls. The children are able to make use of the library and consequently improve the chances of furthering their education and eventually contributing to the wellbeing of their families, community, and the nation. In 2010 SHARE installed solar power into the SHARE library.

Kagemu Secondary School - SHARE's 2nd Library, 2009

Kagemu Secondary School has a population of 900 students and teachers. Before SHARE, there was no school library! In July 2009, SHARE renovated a classroom and equipped it with thousands of books and a lap top computer. In July 2010, SHARE donated English-Swahili dictionairies, and electrified the classroom so students can read on rainy days and utilize the computer. Today the SHARE library is enjoyed by students and staff alike, and after school 40 SHARE girls attend reading programs taught by Miss Tabitha Ephraim.

Kiteyagwa Primary School - SHARE's 1st Library, 2008

Opened in July 2008, this is SHARE’s inaugural library. SHARE completely renovated a dilapidated classroom to house the library and the SHARE program. In 2009 SHARE returned and equipped the room with an additional 2000 books and 4000 items of school supplies. In 2010 SHARE installed electricity into the library. There are approximately 600 students using the SHARE library at the Kiteyagwa Primary School, and 35 SHARE girls in the afterschool reading program.

Kajificheni Primay School, Zanzibar

SHARE has donated dozens of science books to the school library at the Kajificheni Primay School in Zanzibarin 2009 and 2010. Farashuu H. Jabir is the headmistress of this school with approximately 1200 students. SHARE has also donated school supplies. There is no SHARE after-school reading program at this site.

Libraries in Malawi and South Africa

Expanding SHARE’s coverage in June of 2010, the Global Literacy Project received 17,000 thousand books from us and distributed them to 4 school libraries in South Africa, impacting 4000 students! In addition, SHARE donated 200 books to the Ministry of Hope to supply reading rooms in Feed Centers in Malawi in 2010.