Technology Without Borders

School Library for Trinity Academy, Tanzania, Boma Ng’ombe

About the Project

What is it about?

In some rural areas of Tanzania, the literacy rate is still too low. Many children have no access to books, which means that they never learn to enjoy reading and hardly read beyond the school curriculum. Together with our project partners at Trinity Academy, a pre-school and primary school in Tanzania, we want to change this! We will set up a school library with used English-language children's books. In addition to the books, we will also bring a laptop with a small library software programme that will allow us to register the books and record the borrowing and return processes. In a rotating programme, pupils from the higher year groups will be given the opportunity to temporarily take on the role of librarian.

Who benefits?

The programme is aimed at Trinity Academy pupils, but can also be made available to children from other schools after a successful initial phase. The idea is that by improving their reading comprehension, the children can achieve a better school-leaving certificate and thus have long-term opportunities for higher education and better careers.