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Celebrate the New Year with Maria's Libraries at our Winter Fundraiser in New York City

Maria's Libraries and the Museum of African Art team up to showcase the amazing street art of Kisumu, Kenya. 

Introducing the Kitabu Kenya network and the Mama Mtoto Literacy Program to 5 Kenyan Libraries!

Columbia University students complete report on land rights for site of future Busia Community Library

Maria's Libraries earns a permanent space at Global Giving

Maria's Libraries makes national news in Kenya

 

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Maria's Libraries

Mission: To promote and develop an integrated network of libraries and library services in Kenya, fully connected with each other, their national system, and the world.

 

"The urban poor and the rural areas had really no access to luxuries in between hard covers. They are presumed to be illiterate . . . and poor. . . . How does one overcome the isolation imposed by poverty and illiteracy? . . . They are poor and illiterate; therefore there is no need for bookshops or libraries. But because no bookshops or libraries are available, people are denied the very means of knowledge and information which might help in their attempt to organize and break the circle of illiteracy."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o