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Past Supporters

The AirKiosk System Family has been a very generous donor to the Lubuto Project.
Avery Dennison generously donated enough Avery labels to classify the entire first Lubuto Library collection and many collections’ worth of labels for identifying publications about Africa – an important access point for our library users.
British Airways generously provided Lubuto’s president Jane Meyers with round trip travel to Zambia in 2006, a critical first visit in-country since Lubuto’s establishment, that enabled her to begin forging the corporate, professional, government and NGO partnerships that now fuel the sustainable growth and development of Lubuto Libraries in Zambia.
Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC established the first school Lubuto Club, whose volunteers are engaged in building Lubuto collections.
Conflicts Authority raised significant funds for Lubuto through its market research.
Folger Shakespeare Library donated metal library shelving which we use for storing Lubuto collections as we build them at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Washington.
Green Acres School, Rockville, MD held the first Lubuto school book drive and its seventh grade students also helped in creating the Lubuto film Kids Just Like You.
Georgetown Post donated use of its film production facilities and services for creation of the film Kids Just Like You.
Harman Family Foundation has given very generously to the Lubuto Project since it was listed in the Catalogue for Philanthropy 2006/7.
Highlights for Children magazine has given generously to the Lubuto Project, and its Editor in Chief Kent Brown continues to support Lubuto with donations of wonderful books from Boyds Mills Press and serving on Lubuto’s Advisory Board.
International Mailing Solutions sent the first Lubuto Library collection from Washington to Lusaka by air at a very deeply discounted rate.
Joanne Miller beautifully captured the photographic images of the premiere of the film Kids Just Like You.
Occasions Caterers provided, at cost, wonderful refreshments at Lubuto’s inaugural fundraiser at the Zambian Embassy in 2005.
OmniPrint donated printing of the invitations for our inaugural event as well as generously reducing the costs for designing and printing brochures.
St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, MD collected generous and financial donations which were matched by a challenge grant to provide significant support for Lubuto Libraries
Starbucks, Chevy Chase Circle, NW, Washington, DC, in the Lubuto Library Project’s headquarters community, catered the premier of our film Kids Just Like You, held a community book drive, and catered our volunteer day to pack up and send the second library collection.
University of Maryland Libraries collected donations for the Lubuto Library Project at its holiday event in 2007.
University of San Francisco Jesuit Foundation granted funds toward construction of the first Lubuto Library.
University of San Francisco Community Architecture students participated in some of the planning and early construction work for the first Lubuto Library.
University of Maryland Libraries staff and faculty chose the Lubuto Project as the recipient of its very generous holiday party charitable contributions in 2006.
Urban Institute Library donated a complete set of the Encyclopedia Americana which is in the collection of the first Lubuto Library
Varqá Bahá’í School, Takoma Park, MD, raised and donated money to the Lubuto Project in 2007.
Washington International School’s Center for International Education established LearnServe Zambia in 2007 in cooperation with the Lubuto Project, and its students and teachers interacted with children at the Fountain of Hope as the first Lubuto Library prepared to open.
Washington International School’s library donated hundreds of excellent books for the first Lubuto Library in 2007.