The US State Department recently issued a report on the Lubuto libraries in Lusaka, Zambia.

The Lubuto Library Project was started by an American woman - Jane Kinney Meyers - who believes that, in addition to food and shelter, every child deserves a chance to learn and to hope for a better future. Lubuto is a word in the Bemba language of Central Africa that means "enlightenment, knowledge and light.

The project has taken shape as a Washington nonprofit organization that is... more