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“I have been trying to figure a way to help in the educational system in Malawi for some time,” says Samatha Ludick, the owner of the Cool Runnings Resort on Lake Malawi. “Without education the people will always stand in the same spot where they are standing now. They can never move forward until they learn what forward is all about.”
“But how can one have books without the help of a donor?”
“And how can one have a place for the books without a library?”
“And how can one have a library without first having a building?”
These were the questions Samatha faced when she started talking with the Paratroop Battalion Headquarters based in Senga Bay. The service minded military barracks moved into action and started construction on a building that would house a community library for the Senga Bay area. Facing a shortage of funds to complete the library building Ludwick contacted members of the Malawi Project and outlined the need. The funding to complete the building was quickly made available and the way opened up for the work on the building to move forward.
Next comes the appeal for books for the library and a way to get them to Malawi. Again the appeal reaches the Malawi Project and a plan is outlined to help obtain and ship educational books to Malawi. Educational books, primary, secondary and high school textbooks, as well as books and “quality” magazines, such as The National Geographic, are among those mentioned for possible inclusion in the library.
This project is currently in need of good, educational books that will become an asset to the library in Senga Bay when it is completed in a few months. Contact inf[at]malawiproject.org concerning the shipment of books to the Senga Bay Library through the Malawi Project. Title your email, “Concerning Books For Library in Senga Bay, Malawi.”