This library, whose initial construction was funded by Dow Jones & Co., opened in 2010 on land owned by Zambia’s Ministry of Education in the urban core of Lusaka. Originally named the Ngwerere Lubuto Library, it was rebranded as the Lubuto Model Library in 2018 when Lubuto Library Partners assumed financial responsibility. Thousands of young people have discovered this Lubuto Library and visited it on average 2,500 times a week prior to pandemic, fire and construction curtailment. It is expected to resume full and expanded services by the beginning of 2024.

Lubuto Library Partners received two grants from USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) initiative to renovate and expand the Model Library and to construct a center for training and administration. Through ASHA support, the library will receive a new collection and technology, and will add Early Childhood and Teen Centers to the library's Tech Hub, Reading Room and meeting and performance spaces. It will also create a center to train children’s librarians and the new headquarters for Lubuto staff.