We're back in Africa for our 2010 trip. Catch up on what we're doing on our Travelogue page.

The African Children's Book Box Society The African Children's Book Box Society is a charitable organization founded in Nairobi, Kenya in 1991. Our society's main purpose is to support and increase literacy in Africa by providing children in African schools with their own stories and literature written by African authors. Other charities collect donated books for Africa. Unfortunately most of these books are in English and storybooks are largely from the European/North American culture. Africans have a rich culture of their own and books of their own culture and in their own language are sadly lacking in most African schools. The African Children's Book Box Society tries to make up for this lack. We do this by putting together and distributing portable libraries of African books in the form of "Book Boxes" to African schools. We are currently operating in Kenya and Tanzania and hope to expand to other countries. Since 2007 the charity's goal has expanded to working with and assisting the projects of other charitable organizations whose goals are to support the welfare of needy African children and their caregivers.

Watch the Happenings page for latest news: January 2010. Jan 2010: Anne and Ruth are back in Tanzania! read all about our adventures on our Travelogue page. Find out more >> The African Children's Book Box Society CORN ROAST raised over $30,000 for Tanzanian children. (see the photos!) Find out more >> The photo album of our spring 2009 trip to Tanzania is up! (Jan 7 - Feb 23, 2009) 2009 year saw the launching of our school lunch program...we're feeding about 545 children 4 days a week. Check out the pictures in part 2 of the 2009 slideshow. NEW Above: The new school lunch program at Igoda school. See our  2009  slide show for more pictures.