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Zambian Partners

Associated Printers, Ltd. generously provided beautiful printed invitations for our opening event and for Lubuto Library signs.
Barefeet has partnered with Lubuto to offer a twice-weekly performing arts program to Lubuto Library children in Lusaka. The program is being carried forward as a Story Performance Program by Kenneth Hau. Their programs instill a sense of achievement and confidence in the participants, inspiring interest or inclination to the arts.
BDO Spencer Steward provides critical pro bono support to Lubutoï¿½s Regional Program Office in developing accounting systems and preparing tax submissions.
Ellis & Co., Legal Practitioners Zambiaï¿½s premiere intellectual property lawyers at Ellis & Co. have provided pro bono assistance to Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in protecting Lubutoï¿½s innovative program.
EML Electrical Maintenance Lusaka (EML) designed and donated the lighting for the first Lubuto Library.
European Union, Delegation of the European Commission to Zambia has very generously assisted the Lubuto Project in transporting library and art supplies and the One Laptop Per Child XO laptops for the Fountain of Hope Lubuto Library as well as donating caps for a performance at our opening event.
Fountain of Hope Drop-In Centre for street children in Kamwala is the host of the first Lubuto Library.

Hellenic Association of Zambia and its members have been very generous donors to Lubuto in Zambia. Their support of the opening event for our first library at the Fountain of Hope, renting a tent and providing chairs, literally made it possible for us to introduce Lubuto Libraries to Zambia.
INVESCO Limited generously provided refreshments for our guests at the opening event for the first Lubuto Library.
Matantala Rural Development Enterprise is our host partner for one of our next Lubuto Libraries, in the southern province village of Nabukuyu.
Project Concern International Zambia has provided logistical support to widen our reach and make programs they support available through our libraries. Through the USAID-funded ï¿½Support of Community Led Initiatives (SoCLI)ï¿½ program, they have provided financial support that allows scores scores of vulnerable children to participate in our life-changing Motivational Mentoring Program.
The Protea Hotel, Cairo Road, in Lusaka has given a very generous discounted rate for Lubuto volunteers on short-term visits to work with our libraries. This kind support makes volunteering with our libraries in Zambia affordable, and it underscores their commitment to the Lusaka community: “Protea Hotels is dedicated to ensuring the longevity of our business for generations to come, through responsibly managing our impact on the environment, our employees and the communities in which we operate.”
Southern Sun Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Lusaka) made it possible for hundreds of street kids and other vulnerable children to celebrate the opening of the first Lubuto Library by providing and serving meals to each and every one of them ï¿½ and will continue to help Lubuto serve vulnerable children.
Plascon kindly donated paint to put the finishing touches on the first Lubuto Library.
SPAR Supermarketsvery generously supported the opening of our second library on 10 November 2010 by providing beverages and groceries that allowed us to give each child attending the event a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a beverage, and have water available for adults who attended.
Spinalong furniture company, our first corporate partner in Zambia, generously contributed toward construction of the first Lubuto Library.
University of Zambia, School of Library Studies faculty and students have given generously of their volunteer time to assist in establishing the first Lubuto Library. We will continue to work with them to bring Lubutoï¿½s innovative model to the country and region.
The Zambian National Visual Arts Council , in partnership with the Lubuto Library Project, sponsored an exhibition of art at the Henry Tayali Gallery in Lusaka by children in the Lubuto Library Visual Arts Program in February 2009.
U.S. Embassy American Center, Lusaka, Zambia hosted the Zambian premiere of Lubutoï¿½s film Kids Just Like You, and has given Lubuto other logistical and communications support in establishing our organization and program in Zambia.
YOFOSO Youth for Sport, Rehabillitation and Restoration, YOFOSO, will work with the host of the second Lubuto Library, whose construction is being funded by Dow Jones & Co. in Lusakaï¿½s Garden Compound.
Zambia Library Association mobilized member volunteers to work with the first Lubuto Library during National Library Week in 2006. Since that time, we have worked closely with ZLA as we bring new dimensions and opportunities for the contribution of the library profession to Zambiaï¿½s development.
Zambia Government, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development Both Ministries provide guidance and direct support to Lubuto Libraries, and we are grateful for the confidence they place in us as we work to provide equitable access to rich educational resources to Zambiaï¿½s vulnerable children.
Zdenakie Group Ltd. generously donated cement for the construction of the first Lubuto Library at the Fountain of Hope.