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By donating to SAL, you're building foundational literacy skills for African children. This enables them to become independent and engaged readers and writers, able to transition from learning to read to reading to learn and from learning to write to writing for academic success and pleasure.
THE COST BREAKDOWN;
- 1,000 storybooks.
- Training 2 teacher-librarians and 6 Junior Reading Champions (JRCs).
- Conducting reading and writing programs.
- Access to book club sessions.
- Ability to provide monitoring and evaluation services to a school.
- 1,000 storybooks.
- Training 2 teacher-librarians and 6 Junior Reading Champions (JRCs) in library management.
- Access to book club sessions.
- 1000 storybooks to one school.
This helps schools with no library infrastructure to have a movable box that can be stationed in a class or the teacher’s office.
When you donate Kes. 37,500, you are providing one learner with:
- 52 storybooks (1 per week for a year’s period).
- Access to trained 2 teacher-librarians.
Storybooks spark a child’s imagination and stimulate curiosity. Donate one or two today and equip a child with that spark.
To Donate Via Mpesa (Mobile Money)
Kindly go to Mpesa Menu
Click on Lipa na Mpesa
Click Paybill
Insert Paybill number 4098451
Insert Account number (Your name)
FAQs about us
- If I want to start a library, what must I do?- Establishing a library is a journey, and we would be happy to walk it with you. The first step is a pre-installation assessment form which enables us to gauge the students’ reading habits, academic performance and the school’s capacity to maintain a library. The headteacher of the school fills out this form. Email us at info@startalibrary.org, and we will share the form with you.
- How many books does a school receive? – We strive to achieve a ratio of 1 child:1 book, but the minimum is 1000 books.
- How much does one book cost? – The average cost of a book is KES. 499
- What kind of books do you provide? – Our focus is on storybooks written by local publishers, based on local stories and narratives in English and Kiswahili.
- Which schools qualify for the library establishment? – All public primary schools with no library facility.
- I want to start a library, but I have my 0wn books. Can they form the library collection? – Yes, they can. First, however, we will need to personally inspect and gauge the books to ensure they are appropriate for the children’s reading level and are not too tattered.
- Why do I have to buy books only from you? – We have created a comprehensive book list of age-appropriate storybooks and categorized them into different reading levels. We also stamp and code our books, ensuring each book is traceable and making record-keeping easy for the teacher-librarians.
- How do you ensure your books are child friendly? – All books are analyzed and graded to ensure they are age-appropriate and have effective content for learning.
- I signed up as a Reading Ambassador but don’t know what I’m supposed to do now – Thank you for signing up as a Reading Ambassador. As a Reading Ambassador, your role is to spread the ‘gospel’ of reading far and wide. We might also call upon you to support a library financially or even by attending a library launch. Please share your location, and we’ll inform you of any reading activities scheduled in the area.
- Apart from money, can I donate anything else to Start-a-Library? Yes, we conduct various reading promotion activities in schools and we are always looking for volunteers to assist us.
- Anyone I can get in touch with? Yes, please send an email to Dafrose, the fundraising and partnership officer, at info@startalibrary.org or
Eric, the monitoring and evaluation officer, at eric@startalibrary.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Partner with us
We understand we cannot do this alone. We need to collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations in all sectors.
Become a friend of SAL
Are you a reading enthusiast? Do books fascinate you? Would you love to share your book experiences with children?
Are you an organization looking to support quality education and literacy programmes?
Sign up below, and we shall reach out to you with more details
Nominate a school
Are you a teacher at a public primary school? Is your school marginalized, unserved and underserved? Is it in need of library materials?
Are you ready to commit towards managing a vibrant library?
Nominate your school below: