Changing Lives through Education in Uganda

Books Open The World in Uganda

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Books Open the World (BOTW) is a non-profit, secular organization that seeks to promote and encourage education and opportunity in rural communities to children and women through community libraries, literacy classes, vocational training, support groups, and by supporting all levels of education. 

Uganda Map showing the Kibale National Park region where the current primary focus of Books Open The World's work has been occuring.  Included in this region is Kigarama, Ibura, Kanyawara and Ruteete to the upper Northwest, and Nkingo to the central East. Preschool and Community Library with adult literacy classes, as well as the Kibale Women's Club, in Kanyawara Community Library with adult literacy classes in Nkingo Secondary School scholarships for girls, Community Library with adult literacy classes, and a remedial learning/tutoring program, in Kigarama Community Library with adult literacy classes, and a remedial learning/tutoring program, in Ruteete

Winter 2009 Newsletter

This year there were many changes in the lives of BOTW volunteers. Gosia and Freerk moved from Davis, California to Tartu in Estonia. One good thing about this move is that they can continue their research and Freerk will be in Uganda for a month early next year, thus providing an opportunity work with the libraries on the ground.

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