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Lots of mobile chargers! as this is the only place that gets power within many hours walk, the community bring their phones here to get charged. Mobiles help them to communicate with people outwith the community and to feel part of the wider Kenya.

 

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Students queue to renew their books every week. The most popular books are fiction books or books that will support their studies. These students are year three students - around 16/17 years old.

 

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A very busy Thika library with many people reading and studying.

 

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The library is very oversubscribed. It can seat around 3,000 students. The university has 24,000 students. It is definitely not big enough!

 

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Read International renovated the library, BAI helped with books.

 

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Bookcrossing release: Stealing The Show - Christina Jones

 

Released as part of the BookAid Release event in April 2005, when bookcrossers released at least 10 books in each local authority area in the UK.

Tanga library is in a beautiful building and has a lot of potential but is in a state of disrepair. the librarian is positive and the library service is hoping to get the funds to restore the library to its former glory.

 

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This is Mathare North an "informal Settlement" or slum in Nairobi. Around 1 million people live in Mathare North although there are no formal registers of who lives here.

 

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