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Lubuto’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
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The Board of Directors of Lubuto Library Partners
Cordially invites you to a Celebration of our
10 Year Anniversary!!!
At the Education Center, United Therapeutics
1040 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Entrance to the Education Center is on Cameron Street
Friday, October 30, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
$45 for Friends of Lubuto
$35 discounted rate for Young Professionals
For more information about the event and to RSVP, click here
- Paper tickets will not be issued -
Please respond by October 20 to be added to our guest list
Refreshments will be served
Parking in private lot at:
8830 Cameron Court, Silver Spring, MD 20910
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Driving Directions
From Washington, DC
Go North on 16th Street NW
At the traffic circle continue North on 16th Street
Turn Right at Spring Street
Turn Left at Cameron Street and proceed one block to the parking lot
From I-495
Take Exit 30 and merge onto Rt 29S-Colesville Road toward Silver Spring
Turn Right on Spring Street
Turn Right on Cameron Street and proceed one block to the parking lot
Walking Directions
From Silver Spring Metro Station
Head North on Colesville Road toward 2nd Avenue
Turn left onto 2nd Avenue and continue on to Fidler Lane
Turn Left at Ramsey Avenue
Turn Right at Cameron Street and cross Georgia Avenue
Go 2 blocks to UT Education Center
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| Lubuto's Decade of Success |
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"What I find most inspiring about Lubuto is that children who have lived their lives in the margins suddenly find themselves at the centre – and learn that they deserve to be there." —Stacy Langner, Lubuto's first Regional Director
Since our founding in 2005, Lubuto libraries have had over 500,000 visits from Zambian children and youth and each year some 30,000 new visitors are introduced to the book collections, interact with staff and participate in Lubuto programs. The immediate impact of Lubuto's books and programs in the arts, drama, mentoring, computer literacy, and outreach to vulnerable children in Zambia is felt upon the first visit to any of the libraries and is realized as the first Lubuto kids are now young adults. Lubuto's success in establishing safe havens for children to experience open access public library services and in partnering with local governments and communities to ensure sustainability has now become a model for the region.
2005 Shining a Beacon of Hope
"Lubuto Libraries will provide an opening into the world, making available education and information and, most importantly, giving children hope by offering them a window from which to look at a great big world outside." —Carmen Martinez, former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia
Lubuto officially founded from the concept incubated for years and brought into focus at the International Board on Books for Young People conference in Cape Town, SA
Supporters gather at Inaugural Event held at the Zambian Embassy where Lubuto was formally presented to the public
2006 Breaking Ground
Lubuto gains recognition among international and Zambian stakeholders at the 2006 White House Conference on Global Literacy
Construction begins for the first library at the Fountain of Hope Drop in Centre in Lusaka
"Kids Just Like You", a film produced by Lubuto and narrated by the late Julian Bond, premieres in the US and Zambia
2007 Bringing Enlightenment
First library opens at Fountain of Hope generating excitement and a desire for more Lubuto libraries
2008 Developing Partnerships
Lubuto signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Zambian Ministry of Education authorizing Lubuto to build libraries throughout the country and designating Lubuto as the leader in providing library services to children in Zambia
Lubuto establishes the Zambia Board on Books for Young People (ZBBY) in partnership with the Zambia Library Association
Staff discovers and begins digitizing Zambia's lost literary heritage from books in the collections of the Library of Congress
2009 Expanding Programs
Orphaned and former street child becomes Lubuto's first librarian
Lubuto introduces OLPC laptops in the Fountain of Hope library
With USAID-funded sub-grant Lubuto develops ground-breaking LubutoMentoring program
2010 Celebrating Lubuto
Second Lubuto library opens at Ngwerere Basic School in Lusaka
Zambian Embassy hosts "An Evening with Danny Glover" fund raising event
Lubuto receives eIFL.net Public Library Innovation Program grant to develop LubutoLiteracy lessons to teach reading in local Zambian languages
2011 Cultivating Talent
Lubuto's artists exhibit their work at the Stella Jones Gallery during ALA's summer conference in New Orleans
Lubuto establishes partnership with the Zambia Library Service to build public libraries throughout Zambia
Lubuto programmers complete pilot of LubutoLiteracy Lessons
2012 Attracting Funders
Lubuto receives USAID All Children Reading grant to develop teaching and learning materials for the digital age
Lubuto receives OSISA grant to advocate for the Lubuto model for services to children
Lubuto implements monitoring and evaluation systems for assessing the impact of the libraries in children's lives
2013 Expanding the Model
UK-based Comic Relief provides three year grant through OSISA to expand the Lubuto model and build our third library
Lubuto builds youths’ technology skills in a series of workshops under its All Children Reading grant
2014 Growing Rapidly
"As Chief Monze said: 'I have never seen anything like this'. His words were echoed by many people and Government Officials who attended the ceremonial opening of the Mumuni Library, for it was the first event of its kind in the history of rural Zambia." —Mark C. Chona, Chairman, Matantala Rural Integrated Development Enterprise and Member of Lubuto's Advisory Board
Zambian government signs updated MoU with schedule of Lubuto libraries to be built in each province
Mumuni Library opens to serve the 22 rural villages of Nabukuyu in Zambia's Southern Province
Lubuto receives first USAID ASHA grant to build fourth library at Mthunzi Centre in peri-urban Lusaka West
Lubuto changes its name from the Lubuto Library Project to Lubuto Library Partners
Lubuto conducts ongoing research for evidence-based collection development
Thomas Mukonde joins Lubuto and begins studies at the University of Illinois for a MLIS degree in children's services
2015 Maintaining Momentum
Elizabeth Giles joins Lubuto's Zambia team in Lusaka to expand programming and training for early childhood and disabled children
Lubuto submits successful application for second ASHA grant to build our fifth library
Lubuto partners with ZEPH (Zambian Education Publishing House) to support sales of Zambian language books
Onward!
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The Lubuto Library Project is exempt from U.S. Federal income tax as a public charity
under Section 501(C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. |
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