I realized that my library photos might need some explanation.

One of my secondary projects here has been setting up a library at my high school. I am the third volunteer at my site and there were sacks of books sitting in our secretary's office (the first volunteer had them shipped from the states, I was told). What we didn't have, when I arrived, was a space for the books where students could easily access them.

At the end of last year two extra classrooms were finished (the building structures had been there for a while but they were still missing floors, doors and windows) and my principal allocated one of the classrooms to me to set up the library.

Since the beginning of this school year I've been working on getting it functional. I painted a map of Lesotho in the room and had two other teachers paint the school's crest on the walls. I've been labeling and cataloging all of the books (I am almost finished; we have about 500 books!!) and I applied for a grant from Friends of Lesotho (a non-profit) to get shelves installed and my application was accepted! It covered just over half of the cost of the shelves and the school picked up rest!!

We have the materials for the shelves (my Form E students who also take wood shop cut the wood) and the wood shop teacher is installing them (we have access to a power drill and a generator for the electricity).

I will be holding a library workshop for the teachers at my school and then am planning to take individual classes in to show them how to borrow books; hopefully we'll have some kind of grand opening celebration! I will post updates when it's complete!