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It’s #WorldTeachersDay and we are celebrating this day with some fantastic news! Starting 11th October, we will have extended library hours and academic support at the three libraries as part of our #HepaJam programming. School-going library users will have access to academic tutoring support from certified teachers at the library!

Extended library hours are:
Weekdays (Tuesdays to Friday): 5pm - 8pm
Saturday: 1pm - 4pm

Come #HepaJam with us at #NBOLibraries

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Change.org partnered with KBFUS to identify dynamic, local initiatives that advance racial and social justice, and empower marginalized communities in four African countries and Brazil.

🔟 grantees shared a total grant amount of $500,000.

Read more in the latest issue of KBFUS Insights: https://kbfus.org/connecting-the-dots-change-org-advances-racial-and-social-justice-in-africa-and-brazil/

Working through a donor-advised fund at KBFUS, Change granted a total amount of $500,000 to 10 nonprofit initiatives in four African countries and Brazil. In Brazil and South Africa, the focus was placed on racial justice, with support going to four grantees:

Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra (Brazil).
Coletivo Sapato Preto (Brazil).
Black Sash (South Africa).
Social Justice Coalition (South Africa).

In other African countries, the grants went to African-led organizations that promote social justice and empower marginalized communities. Six organizations received a grant:

AkiraChix (Kenya) – training program in technology and entrepreneurial skills for young womem.
The Book Bunk (Kenya) – turning once segregated libraries into dynamic educational and community centers.
Wecyclers (Nigeria) – urban waste management and creation of jobs for marginalized communities in Lagos.
TechMe (Nigeria) – leveraging technology to improve the lives of marginalized girls, youth and women.
Association of African Women on Board (Nigeria) – fast-tracking the trajectory of African women into the leadership roles of the future.
Barefoot Lawyers- Uganda(Uganda) – providing the public with free legal information using innovative approaches, so that they can uphold the law and protect themselves.

Picture: WeCyclers, Nigeria (cover).

It’s film o’clock at the library this weekend!

Join us for the Mengi Mengi Film Club, a bi-monthly gathering of film enthusiasts at the Eastlands Library located in Makadara. The sessions are curated and hosted by filmmaker Wanjeri Gakuru with a goal to enjoy, dissect and learn from a wide selection of pan-African films. The public sessions will be held on the first and last Saturdays of October and November 2022. Each session will run between 1pm - 4pm and feature the screening of a pan-African feature film preceded by a Kenyan short film.

We’re kicking off the first edition with the theme: When audience is king. Come catch the screening of MANDABI (1968) by director Ousmane Sembène (Senegal) and TO CATCH A DREAM (2015) by director Jim Chuchu (Kenya).

Entry is free but we have limited seating so come on time. Screening starts promptly at 1 PM.

#NBOLibraries #HepaJam #FilmScreenings

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Hello Bunkers!

On Saturday October 1st, 2022 join our co-founder, Angela Wachuka will be in conversation with Nadifa Mohamed on Literary Histories and Memory Making at the Macondo Literary Festival 2022 from 10am.

📍Kenya Cultural Centre

For her latest novel "The Fortune Men", shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, writer Nadifa Mohamed says she left her country of birth, Somalia, for the first time imaginatively. How do authors create memory? How do artistic memories infuse their idea and sense of the future? Mark your calendars and book your tickets for the festival here: https://www.macondolitfest.org/

P.S: Book Bunk will have a digitisation booth at the festival - come digitise your memories with us!

#NBOLibraries #MacondoLitFest

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