Books For Guyana

Books For Guyana

Books For

Guyana

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Fundraising and Book Donations

Books for Guyana depends on fundraising and donations to continue its work. Children's books are now largely donated by primary schools in and around Edinburgh, and our annual coffee morning helps us to transport these to Guyana.

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The idea for Books For Guyana began in 2018/19 when I worked as a volunteer teacher with Project Trust in their village primary school. During that year, I was sent a box of reading books by my family as the only school resources were outdated textbooks. The children’s response to these books sparked the idea for Books For Guyana, and the promise to bring them more books turned it into a reality.

Chenapou Library

Chenapou is a small Amerindian village based along the Potaro River in Guyana. It’s been made known on the map owing to its close proximity to the Majestic Kaieteur Falls, one of the highlights of any trip to Guyana.

Chenapou Village is home to the Books For Guyana initiative and the BfG library.

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Thanks to the huge ongoing support towards this project, the Chenapou Library has gone from just one suitcase of books in 2021, to hosting over 1600 books that have been shipped across the Atlantic in barrels.

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