In the last 50 years, resource extraction in the oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria has degraded the environment, destroyed livelihoods, and generated violent conflict. Waters once flowing with clean, potable water and various fish species are now polluted and devoid of life. Residents of the Niger Delta lack access to clean environmental resources, as well as basic services such as health and education.
Among the efforts to help the Niger Delta recover are to create libraries for the Niger Delta region. Beyond providing a repository for books, the libraries serve as a meeting place for book clubs, lectures, and trainings.
Presently, renovations are underway to convert a building in Yenagoa, a central locale within the Niger Delta, into a library. A number of volunteers have assisted in the creation of this library. Several have committed funding to help transport books from the U.S. to Nigeria.
We need your help!
We have partnered with Books for Africa to help stock our library and ship the container of books to the Niger Delta.
To donate books, please read Books for Africa’s guidelines.
Then box your books; write “NIGERIA: Niger Delta Book Project” in thick (2-inch) black marker on the box (preferably in a way that won’t confuse the post office); and mail them to
Books For Africa Warehouse-Atlanta
2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, Suite C
Smyrna, GA 30080
Attn: Niger Delta Book Project
To drop off books in the San Francisco Bay area,
contact Abby Rubinson at (415) 990-0792 or abby@nigerdeltabookproject.org
or in the Washington D.C. area,
contact Beena Youdowei at beena@nigerdeltabookproject.org.
Thanks in advance! Your contribution will empower people of the Niger Delta through knowledge.
photos © Ed Kashi
The Niger Delta Book Project is a project of the Resource Access Support Foundation.
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