Goal

Money Raised

By Onambutu Village: N$11,900 (US$1,700)
From America: N$55,500 (US$7,930)
Total: N$67,400 (US$9,630)

Money Needed

Total: N$2,600 (US$370)

If you would like to donate money, please use the PayPal link below:

Note: If you would rather not use PayPal, and donate by check instead, that is fine. When doing so, please make the check payable to Lauren Crowley and mail it to:

Lauren Crowley
P.O. Box 761
Ondangwa, Namibia

We have a bank account set up at a Namibian bank (First National Bank Namibia) to hold all the money donated to the library. Electronic transfers from an American bank are not possible, but we assure you the money is secure. Please email us when sending a check so that we know to expect it and can inform you when it has been received. Thank you!

___________________________________________________________________

News and Updates

-09.13.2008 Sorry for the long time without updates. Internet availability is unreliable lately. Also, we were waiting on some donations sent from America for a while. They have finally arrived, so the roof is being installed now. Electricity will be put in next week. After that, we will work on painting the building and putting tiles and windows in. The library is almost finished! Thank you to everyone who has been supporting us along the way!

New pictures are available on the pictures page of the roof construction. The money-raising thermometer is abandoned for now because we should have all the money we need.

-04.06.2008 Construction is coming along. More pictures have been uploaded. We still need a roof to be built, but things are going well.

-02.25.2008 Pictures of the library during construction have been posted on the pictures page.

-02.08.2008 Construction has begun on the new library building. Sand has been dug out for the foundation, and currently bricks are being laid before the cement is poured. Pictures will be added soon.

-11.20.2007 We have acquired about 200 bags of cement and around 15,000 bricks to be used in the construction of the new library building. Commencement of construction will have to wait until the rainy season begins.

-07.05.2007 We spent a few days revamping the current library closet, organizing the books into categories and sections, putting up posters and rules, and implementing a system to check out books.

-05.10.2007 Website created to keep people updated and to assist with fundraising.

___________________________________________________________________

Before Pictures

This is how the library looked before any work was done. It was pretty barren. Click a picture for the full-size image.

___________________________________________________________________

After Pictures

We have done some work on the library, sorting the current and donated books into categories, affixing them with color-coded labels, decorating the walls with posters and rules, and bringing in a computer for lessons on the encyclopedia available (Encarta), among other tasks. Here is what it looks like now, with learners actually in it. Click a picture for the full-size image.

___________________________________________________________________

Contributors

Jennifer Beery
David Bogot
Church of Saint Paul (Congers, NY)
George & Kathy Comer
Nathan Copeland
Dee Crowley & Dean Sontag
John F. Crowley
William A. Crowley
James Fidler
Mitchell Goldman
Sparky Hauk
Bill Holley
John-Paul Keates
Suzy McCarthy
Chris Moses
Fred & Mary Nagle
Gary & Lyn Penrith
Cynthia M. Reusche
Jill & Leif Soderberg
Corie Sovereign
Syracuse Women's Club (Operation Bookshelf)
Tatekulu Wapulile
Emma & James Webster
James & Marie Webster
Kim & Mike Webster
Nancy Wilkins
Patrick Yeagle

Thank you to everyone who contributed books, art supplies, money, or anything else to the Onambutu school library. The learners really appreciate all of the donations. The links below go to scanned images of Thank-You cards made by some of the learners.

Card 01 - Card 04 - Card 07 - Card 10 - Card 13 - Card 16
Card 02 - Card 05 - Card 08 - Card 11 - Card 14 - Card 17
Card 03 - Card 06 - Card 09 - Card 12 - Card 15 - Card 18

___________________________________________________________________

The content on this site does not reflect the views of the Peace Corps, the Onambutu Combined School, or the United States or Namibian governments. All views expressed herein are ours alone.