Library Project

I recently met the organizer of a library project and agreed to help her collect books. Here is her message:
“I am organizing a regional school in 7 cities of Georgia about human rights and children’s rights for 14-18 year-olds through a Flex alumni grant. I will be visiting Lagodekhi, Khulo, Mestia, Oni, Akhaltsikhe, Gori and Gardabani starting from 9th of September through November. In most of the cities I have a venue in public libraries. If you have English books (or journals, especially about human/children’s rights) and you are willing to donate them in those cities please contact me asap.”

If you’re in Tbilisi and have books to donate, I can help facilitate. If you are abroad and would like to contribute, the organizer and I brainstormed a few titles that we think would be particularly of interest to the participants and added them to my Amazon wishlist (note, the list is for all of my ongoing projects, the notes will point out which project they are for–all of them benefit Georgian kids in one way or another). I have budgeted some money for the shipping to receive those books via USA2Georgia (8$/kilo), but contributing towards those expenses is another way you can help from abroad: PayPal is cookiesandthecaucasus@gmail.com

Another Fantastic Donation

As I’ve mentioned before, when I chose to return to Georgia, I decided to collect as many books as I could to bring with me.  As research, I stopped by my local public library and chatted with the Children’s and YA Librarians about what books they thought might be appropriate for my future students.  They were incredibly helpful and allowed me to branch out beyond my preferences for spunky pioneer girls and vampires to find books that will appeal to a broader range of interests.  The YA librarian kept her discards for me for a few weeks and let me sort through and take the ones I thought would be suitable, so I now have two piles of books for my students (and I’ll get to read them, too)!

So, the moral of the story is, support your public libraries; they’re a great resource for the community and they might just support you some day.