Makueni County, Kenya
How two sisters started it
We asked a question. Then we began building a library.
Every child should get to find out what is inside a book. Some have never opened one that was theirs to open.
— Surina & Keisha, founders
6 Schools 2,678+ Students
Children helping children
A book loved in Vienna, read again in Makueni
Working with partners in Europe, learners in schools abroad run their own book drives and send books they have enjoyed themselves. It is not a donor relationship — it is children on both ends, sharing stories across two continents.
- Book drives run by learners in schools abroad
- Letters, stories and drawings sent between us
- Schools writing to schools
- Books chosen by children, for children
The world’s goals, and ours
- SDG 4 Quality Education — access to books, libraries and reading opportunities
- SDG 5 Gender Equality — equal reading opportunities for girls and boys
- SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities — bridging the resource gap between rural and better-resourced schools
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals — schools, communities, donors and partners working together
Be part of the story
- A book sitting on one shelf could become another child’s favourite story.
- A small book drive could bring hundreds of new stories into a community.
- And one child deciding to help another can make many more want to do the same.
A book sitting on one shelf could become another child's favourite story.
A small book drive could bring hundreds of new stories into a community.
And one child deciding to help another can make many more want to do the same.
A library starts with one person
deciding to help.
Together we can take books beyond our shelves, beyond our homes and beyond boundaries — into the hands of children ready to find out what is inside.
Or come at it another way — send us a book, partner with us, join as an intern, or help build the room.