Visit to the Library
On August 18th 2012: Was a one of a kind project, during the entire month of July, Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam had a book drive in lieu of Rotary literacy month. These books were donated to Paul Luvinga ,a social entrepreneur that we awarded last year. Paul single handedly established a street library at his home, which is open and accessible to all 24 hours a day. He opened doors to all (housewives, children, underprivileged, etc). He has transformed an under developed area to a library, a space that was previously utilized by the neighborhood boys to create chaos with their gangs, smoke and use foul language. Instead his compassion and hard work, has changed the entire area. Here, today these children read books, do homework, and participate in educational conversations. Paul started his library by building three huts for reading, and installed two tube lights to help continue utilizing this librarythroughout the night. Accommodating over 350 students using his own limited financing resources to maintain the facilities, electricity and other administrative costs. His vision, a better future for this neighborhood. Educating the young, his only desire. Therefore, we had wished to support an individual and cause like Paul Luvinga's Library. It was an excellent experience, we learnt about the history and making of this humble place, got to interact with the kids, and got to individually stack some of the 1800 books that we donated.