My Nonprofit Reviews

After my son died, I never thought that I would experience joy again. A former board member of Books for Africa, my friend Pam, told me stories of the amazing resilience and joy of the Rwandan people. I started reading books written by Rwandan genocide survivors and through their written stories, began to understand in a deeper way the human ability to survive, thrive and find joy again. I decided to work with Pam to send books to Rwanda. The country had just changed its official language from French to English, so the timing was perfect. I visited the library sites and fell in love with the people and the country, so we are using my son's college fund to send more books! I was particularly impressed with the way Books for Africa works with other groups to make a difference. Two of the libraries we sent were Law libraries. Only 49 lawyers were left alive in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and there were few books. The Law and Democracy Initiative through BFA and Thompson Reuters provided complete, new, specifically designed law libraries to Rwanda Law Schools.

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