Monday 14.5.18

Another post from the verandah. Had intended to write last night but an early night took precedence after a hot and busy day with those boxes. However - we had some help yesterday and progress was definitely made,books and discarded boxes piling up in a very satisfactory manner .......

Although this is not a BookBus project we might not have been here at all had it not been for meeting Kelly. In the five years since then she has moved on to working here, the community project at Waterberry Lodge (https://www.waterberrylodge.com/community).


In 2009 Waterberry founded Tukongote Community Projects to improve the educational opportunities in nearby villages. They began with one preschool class, and now support over 400 children in 3 preschools and 1 primary school.

And then they built a library! And Kelly obviously thought "Who do I know who works in a library....." The invitation to come and help came completely out of the blue and it took us a nano-second to accept. Little did we know then what an absolutely stunning location we would be coming to, never mind the task we would be taking on. Talking of which, our "taxi" to work will be here any minute so it`s time to slap on the sun cream and the mosi repellent and get going.