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BookBuddies Africa

BookBuddies is a organisation with the ambitious objective of supporting a Culture of Reading in Africa. BookBuddies was born when a Zambian woman, Kina Robertshaw, saw first hand how reading transformed the life of her daughter.  Many children are excluded from fulfilling lives because their reading skills have been poorly developed. BookBuddies is getting going with some manageable ideas. In 2013 we aim to:

Our Causes

Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4-Education

Working in Kanakantapa Chongwe District Kina Robertshaw Foundation is building sustainable community schools, advancing education, and offering hope to thousands of orphans and vulnerable children…

Feeding Programmes

Children living in remote villages have to walk long distances to get to school, often without having eaten breakfast, for many hunger is normal. Kina…

donate 10,000 books

supporting around 1000 children in 10 primary schools in Zambia 

run reading workshops

working with local primary school teachers to improve classroom skills and to foster partnerships between schools and parents

run a Reading Culture campaign

working with local organisations and media to rasie the profile of reading in Zambia