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Zambia Daily Mail, Young Mail, v. 11, no. 16, August 6, 2026, p. 11. “Lubuto Library key in shaping a ‘culture of reading’.”
This article about Lubuto particularly features our Director of Operations, Hadassah Kasukumya, to inspire a young audience.
Mwendabai, Darlington. Zambia Daily Mail. July 25, 2026. “Library that changed thousands of lives.”
Sakala, Diana. D+C. The global magazine on international cooperation. June 25, 2026. “Better early childhood education for Zambia’s future.”
Lor, Peter Johan, Biblioteconomia internazionale e comparata : concetti e metodi per studi globali. Edizione italiana a cura di Mauro Guerrini e Maria Enrica Vadalà; con nuova prefazione dell’autore; saggio introduttivo di Maria Enrica Vadalà. Roma: Associazione italiana biblioteche, 2024. An image of a Lubuto library is featured on the cover of this Italian translation of the first two parts (six chapters) of Peter Lor’s book, International and comparative librarianship: concepts and methods for global studies (Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2019).
U.S. Mission Zambia, May 3, 2024. "United States contributes over one million dollars for education infrastructure in Zambia." Read about the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program’s investment in the Lubuto Model Library and Center for Training and Administration and their presence at the 2 May opening celebration.
U.S. Embassy Zambia, April 12, 2023. “Lubuto Library visit by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.” Watch a short video documenting Secretary Cardona’s visit to the Lubuto Comboni Library while attending the Summit for Democracy in Zambia.
Press release, October 12, 2021. "Lubuto Library Partners Receives Motorola Solutions Foundation Grant." Read about Lubuto’s new Motorola Solutions Foundation Grant that will develop STEM skills among marginalized girls by conducting four 12-week coding workshops for 96 girls between the ages of 11 and 20 in Lusaka, Zambia.
Morey, Ophelia and Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya. "Out of the Ashes, Beyond Buildings and Books: Rebuilding of the Reading Room at the Lubuto Model Library in Lusaka, Zambia." International Relations Round Table International Leads: September 2021, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 14-15.
USAID ASHA newsletter, September, 2021: "The Balancing Act: Sharing, Learning and Thriving Through Community at the 2021 ASHA/LEPP Partners Meeting and Beyond”
Note: the Reading Room fire was in April 2021, not 2020
Meyers, Jane Kinney, Given Besa, Eleni Coromvli, Lauren Chitty, Pamela Tripp-Melby, Michael Frigand and Elizabeth McLean. “Beyond the buildings and books: After the fire at the Lubuto Model Library,” Lubuto webinar, July 14, 2021.
USAID ASHA newsletter, December 18, 2020: "Zambia: Lubuto Library Partners and the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Meyers, Jane. “Libraries and learning for peace,” UNESCO International Day of Education Celebration, Paris, France, January 24, 2020.
Meyers, Jane. “Lubuto Library Partners: Helping vulnerable children in Africa,” France 24 “Perspective,” January 24, 2020.
Meyers, Jane, Elizabeth Giles, and Given Besa. “Libraries as social change engines addressing national development goals and priorities,” ALA/IRRT webinar, November 21, 2019.
Nachilembe, Alice. The Independent Observer Zambia. November 13, 2019. “Traditional Leaders key in enforcing rural girls development.”
The DC/SLA October 2019 Newsletter includes a spotlight on the presentation “Libraries Addressing National Development Goals and Priorities” that Jane Meyers and Anne Caputo gave on September 30, 2019.
Meyers, Jane. “Including the Most Excluded with Digital Skills.” (Under “Equity, Inclusion, and Digital Literacy” section of main page). “2019 Mobiles for Education Alliance Symposium Presentations and Resources,” October 9-11, 2019, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC. Presenter bios and abstracts. Jane’s information is listed on page 46.
Professor Peter Lor’s blog post on libraries and systemic development work discusses Lubuto. We highly recommend that you subscribe to Professor Lor’s blog.
On October 17th, Exiles Bar in DC will be hosting a Harry Potter Trivia Night to benefit Lubuto!
“President of Lubuto Pays Courtesy Call on Ambassador Dr. Simbyakula,” Zambian Embassy: Washington, DC, September 12, 2019.
Ahrens, A. H., Curlee, M. S., Kasukumya, H., & Meyers, J. K. (2026). Effects of a novel youth sexual and reproductive health programme in Zambia: An experimental study. Health Education Journal, 0(0).
This article based on our Templeton World Charity Foundation research project was published in Health Education Journal.