Industry Education Founded 2006 | Headquarters Xi'an, China Type of business Nonprofit organization | |
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Key people Tom Stader (Director and Founder) Website www.library-project.org Similar Authors Guild, American Library Association, Friends of Libraries, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library Profiles | ||
The Library Project is a non-profit organization that donates books and libraries to under financed schools and orphanages in China and Vietnam. The Library Project was founded on the principle that education is change and the key to breaking the cycle of poverty in the developing world. The Library Project gets the local community involved through book drives and awareness raising, and partnering with local charities and companies. Since 2006, The Library Project has established over 600 libraries and donated more than 350,000 local and English language books to rural elementary schools and orphanages throughout China and Vietnam with another 350 planned for completion in 2012.
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Programs
The Library Project has three distinct programs. All books are purchased in-country via generous individual or company donations or acquired through local community based book drives.
Elementary School Program—Each elementary school receives a wide range of high quality bi-lingual children's books, child-safe tables and chairs, fresh paint and colorful posters.
Orphanage Program—Each small orphanage receives a wide range of high quality bi-lingual children's books, child-safe tables and chairs, fresh paint and colorful posters as well as games and floor mats.
2008 Earthquake Program—The Library Project has provided books and libraries for elementary schools and orphanages in Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces as they have rebuilt as a result of the devastating 2008 earthquake.
Results
Over the past six years, The Library Project has empowered children with the gift of education by:
Locations
The Library Project works in some of the most remote regions of China. TLP has established libraries in 21 provinces throughout China with special focus on Sichuan, Anhui and Shaaxi provinces In 2012, TLP will expand their operations within Vietnam.
Some of regions and provinces The Library Project works: