Students at Minnesota's Metropolitan State University have partnered with our Somali immigrant community to construct a library in Puntland, a semi autonomous state in northeastern Somalia. The project is being administered by a non-profit group, created by Ali Abdurashid, called Somali Family Services.
Construction on the library began in January 2007 and should be completed in December 2007 thus becoming the "first public library in the region" according to the article I read. Anyone interested in this project can contact:
Tom O'Connell
Metropolitan State Professor of Political Science
tom.oconnell@metrostate.edu
Libraries are essential infrastructure that help communities to succeed but like a family pet libraries must be "fed" with books so I hope Metropolitan State and my friends at Books for Africa (www.booksforafrica.org) explore ways to work together.
Progress in Africa,
Todd
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