Books for Bugesera

07/11/2024

“Never wait for rescue or ask for permission to do what is right to protect people.” - President Paul Kagame

11/27/2021

Aims: a) To bring those who value literacy together to develop a public-access repository of literacy resources for educators and for students. b) To support the establishment of a public access library based in Bugesera District, Rwanda, East Africa.

Languages in focus: Kinyarwanda, KiSwahili, Arabic, English, French, Chinese (Mandarin), & Spanish. Additionally, electronic contributions from linguists and language instructors of African languages are welcomed.

Books for Bugesera seeks to place within Central-East Africa an effective centrifuge for language, literacy, and learning that supports multilingualism, embraces mother tongue language acquisition (L1), and strengthens the ongoing efforts within the region and the continent to preserve languages and to promote literacy in African languages for African learners.

10/06/2019

Children Book authors and avid readers contributed their favorite children’s Books to a list of the, “Top 150 Recommended African-American Children’s Books.”

03/30/2017

Thousands of pounds have been donated to save New Beacon Books from closure. The Gazette looks at the history of the iconic Finsbury Park shop.

03/20/2017

One book checked from the Library in her youth led Valerie Thomas to become a NASA inventor and to break boundaries. This month in the United States, people honor the existence of women and their positive impact across every sector of society.

Here is a great example of what the proliferation of library services in Rwanda can do within a country that sets the benchmark globally for the percentage of women in the national legislative branch of government.

It is also fitting to note that research indicates that in Rwanda it is and has been Rwandan women at the front-lines promoting the culture of literacy and the expansion of accessible, free reading material to the Rwandan citizenry. That begins with Her Excellancy the First Lady of Rwanda, who champions Imbuto Foundation, and Stella Ford Mugabo, who serves like the Spinal Cord to Rwanda's capacity-building initiatives.

Jeannette Kagame
Stella Ford Mugabo
Imbuto Foundation

03/07/2017

03/02/2017

02/28/2017

12/05/2016

You’ll learn the mental game of business and how to debunk many of the myths around business that keep you on the plantation.

11/22/2016

Praxis

The son and grandchild of educators
The boy who was always in books, on the field, or on a drum found joy, peace, forgiveness, and freedom in the Land of a Thousand Hills.

What better way to share some of the best of what he had than to offer time, energy, and planning to support Bugesera District with additional resources.

Patience is for those who know the power of prayer.
Planning is for those who pray to complete the work.

10/06/2016

Save You Time! No more searching day and night on the web for curriculum materials that look like you. Now, you can focus on providing the kind of education you