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Film, Video Lubuto Libraries for Street Children in Africa

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Title

  • Lubuto Libraries for Street Children in Africa

Summary

  • Across sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is most severe, a growing number of orphans are heading their own households. In 12 African countries, it is projected that by 2010, 15 percent of all children under the age of 15 will be orphans. To bring literacy and hope to Africa's vulnerable children, Jane Kinney Meyers founded the Lubuto Library Project. Meyers discussed the goals and accomplishments of the project at the Library. Lubuto is a word in the Bemba language, spoken in central Africa, that signifies knowledge, enlightenment and light. In that spirit, the Lubuto Project was created to provide the burgeoning numbers of Africa's street children with opportunities for non-formal education, improved language and literacy skills, acquisition of general knowledge and participation in society. Simply stated, the project brings the simple pleasure of books to children who are alone in the world. With a collection of 4,000 items, the first Lubuto Library opened its doors on Sept. 21, 2007. The project was recognized as the "gold standard" of international library projects at the 2008 American Library Association annual conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-12-03.

Headings

  • -  African American History
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Education
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Jane Meyers.
  • -  Recorded on 2008-12-03.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688044

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Lubuto Libraries for Street Children in Africa. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-03, 2008. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688044/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2008) Lubuto Libraries for Street Children in Africa. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-03. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688044/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Lubuto Libraries for Street Children in Africa. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-03, 2008. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688044/>.