Combined Federal Campaign #12370
Checks can be sent to:
Lubuto Library Project, Inc.
5505 Connecticut Ave NW #368
Washington, DC 20015-2601
USA
Spread your donation throughout the year through monthly donations charged to your credit card.
Learn more about how you can help here.
Read about the work of current Lubuto volunteers in Zambia on the Lubuto blog.
Who are Lubuto's Children?
It is estimated that there were 43 million orphans in the sub-Saharan Africa in 2003 – just over 12 percent of all children. Part of this desperate situation, which is projected to deteriorate further, can be traced to the HIV/AIDS crisis.
- 14 million children under the age of 15 have lost one or both parents to AIDS. By 2010, this number is expected to exceed 25 million.
- Because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a growing share of Africa's children are being orphaned. Unlike most diseases, HIV/AIDS generally kills not just one, but both parents.
When parents or caregivers fall sick and die, a child’s life often falls apart. With HIV and AIDS, the hardship hits well before children are orphaned. First a parent or caregiver becomes ill with HIV or AIDS, and is unable to work.
Across sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is most severe, more and more orphans are heading up their own households. In 12 African countries, it is expected that, by 2010, orphans will make up 15 per cent of all children under 15 year old.
Lubuto’s 2010 annual report is now available. Click HERE to access/download it as a PDF
When you give to Lubuto:
- You help Emmanuel, Ireen, Enesto and others create, display and sell their artwork to support themselves and sustain the LubutoArts program
- You help out-of-school children, teenage mothers, and children throughout Zambia to learn to read in their mother tongue with innovative computer-based LubutoLiteracy lessons
- You help youth in dire circumstances return to school rather than live on the streets, and connect those already on the streets with people who can help them lead a positive life
- You allow hundreds of marginalized children to enjoy good books every day and to just be children
- You open doors of opportunity to thousands of children and youth to whom every other door is closed!
These are exciting times for Lubuto. However, our work is just beginning. To scale up and reach more children with our libraries and more programs, we continue to collect and organize books and to raise funds for present and planned libraries. You can help us to complete and sustain these libraries and future ones by organizing a book drive, raising or donating much-needed funds, volunteering with us to build and catalog book collections, or by starting a Lubuto Library club/support group at your high school, college or workplace.
It is Lubuto’s mission to serve orphans and vulnerable children and youth, giving them hope for their futures by enriching their lives and stimulating their imaginations now. Please help us in creating these safe havens and in bringing excellent library programs, services and spaces to these deserving children. Be a part of our excitement and success!
The Lubuto Library Project
Lubuto is a word in the Bemba language, spoken in central Africa, that signifies knowledge, enlightenment and light.
The Lubuto project creates high quality, open-access libraries to serve Africa's street kids and other vulnerable children and youth. The library provides a safe haven and an opening to the world beyond the bleak streets. Lubuto offers educational services and the simple pleasure of books and the arts for children who find themselves alone in the world. Giving the burgeoning numbers of street children the chances they deserve to develop their imaginations and to realize their potential is Lubuto’s challenge.
Lubuto’s highly professional organization, in the US and Zambia, does not work as an isolated charity. The sustainability of its program is ensured through partnership with government, community-based organizations, and professional groups, and Lubuto libraries are owned and run by Zambians.
Read more about Lubuto Libraries.
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