Author Miranda Paul or the real Isatou Ceesay may even come and visit your school to help you spread the word or show your students the power of what they’re doing if you’d like! (Click here for more information about an author visit with Miranda & Isatou.) Label them “1 Million Books for Gambia” if you’d like them to go to our project, specifically. If you live closer to Minneapolis, you can drop books off at this location. If you want to drop them off in person in Atlanta, go here to check hours. You can use the media mail rate and send them to: Books For Africa Warehouse, 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30339.

Decide to host a 1 Million Books for Gambia fundraiser at your school. Collect appropriate new and gently used books and send them to Books for Africa’s Atlanta warehouse.

Here’s how YOU can be a part of the effort: If you’re not familiar with Little Free Libraries, you can learn more about them here, or how they began through this children’s book. And now, Little Free Library has locations popping up in the Gambia and all over the world. 1 Million Books for Gambia is an ongoing program dedicated to creating and filling new libraries around the country. have teamed up with the women of Njau and other Gambian organizations to try and change that.

Organizations such as Books for Africa, Inc. But this is changing! The extreme shortage of books, which many development workers call book famine, is slowly going away thanks to the activism of many Gambians and international volunteers. Then ten.In the Gambia, only about half of the population can read and write. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. Language eng Summary Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. Wolof (African people) - Juvenile literature.Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Africa, West - Juvenile literature.Pollution - Africa, West - Juvenile literature.Plastic bags - Africa, West - Juvenile literature.Plastic bag craft - Africa, West - Juvenile literature.Label One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia Title One plastic bag Title remainder Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia Statement of responsibility Miranda Paul illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon Creator

One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul