Gala 2020 – Book Bunk

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Hello Bunkers! This latest episode marks our final podcast episode for this season! We are grateful to have many of you tuning in as we embarked on a journey unearthing #NRBLibraries, our country's history and the future of public spaces. We promised a delightful episode and today we present to you our final episode featuring a Q&A with you, our listeners.

Link: https://bit.ly/APFTP

For now, we bid you adieu until the next season of A Palace For The People. 🙌

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A Palace For The People, lovingly crafted in Nairobi is an 8-part podcast series unearthing pieces of Nairobi’s history that support and feed the restoration process of the McMillan Memorial Library and its branches in Makadara and Kaloleni. #NRBLibraries

If you haven't yet, listen to previous episodes of the podcast on our website here: http://bit.ly/APFTP

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With the physical restoration of the Kaloleni Library completed in June 2020, we would like this library to meet the needs of its users, who are mainly children. We are receiving donations for learning resources i.e. stationery such as: a whiteboard, heavy duty printer or copier or scanner and board games. Send an email to sahar@bookbunk.org OR donate here: https://bit.ly/BunkDonate
You can also tag your fave brands that we can contact about providing these items. #NRBLibraries

📸 Credits: by Quaint Photography
📍 Kaloleni Branch, McMillan Memorial Library

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Architectural restoration of the Kaloleni branch was completed in June 2020. We are thankful to have been able to provide jobs for 28 Kaloleni residents through this project. Many thanks to our incredible partners; Dubai Cares, International Publishers Association and National BANK KENYA for seeing us and Kaloleni residents to this milestone!!! 🙏🏾

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Check out the revamped kitchen at the Eastlands Library in Makadara, what an upgrade! The revamped kitchen will serve as a great break room for library staff and also double up as a food station for events hosted at the library. To complete the transformation of this space into a fully functional kitchen for our library staff and users, we are receiving donations for kitchen items such as; a fridge, water dispensers, kitchen utensils among others.

To donate, send an email to sahar@bookbunk.org or donate here:
https://bit.ly/BunkDonate
You can also tag your fave brands that we can contact about providing these items. With love from the bunk ❤️!

📸 Credits: by Quaint Photography
📍 Eastlands Library in Makadara, McMillan Memorial Library

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The Eastlands Library in Makadara is located in Maringo Estate and is a stone throw away from the law courts and county offices, and now shares a compound with the Huduma Centre, a public service hub. Before pandemic-mandated closure earlier last year, this branch got the most foot traffic of all three; an average of 182 users a day, mainly young adults who were either using the space to study or were working from their own devices. We intend for this space to reflect the needs of its users: modern, inclusive spaces of learning and art. We are grateful for support from Sharjah World Book Capital, who are making these restoration efforts of #NRBLibraries possible!

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Restoring #NRBLibraries has been a process of lovingly imagining these spaces as functional and reflecting the social and cultural changes of the city. Several renders later, we have completed the first phase of the physical restoration. Shout out to the LYNK team for coming through with the repairs, fixes, paint work and restoration of this iconic library. We did this! 💪🏾

📸 Credits: by Quaint Photography
📍 Eastlands Library in Makadara, McMillan Memorial Library

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The Eastlands Library in Makadara is located in Maringo Estate and is a stone throw away from the law courts and county offices, and now shares a compound with the Huduma Centre, a public service hub. Before pandemic-mandated closure earlier last year, this branch got the most foot traffic of all three; an average of 182 users a day, mainly young adults who were either using the space to study or were working from their own devices. We intend for this space to reflect the needs of its users: modern, inclusive spaces of learning and art. We are grateful for support from Sharjah World Book Capital , who are making these restoration efforts of #NRBLibraries possible!

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Hello Bunkers! We made a neat list of items needed for the Eastlands Library in Makadara. Most users here are teens and young adults, and previous sessions with users identified revamped aesthetics as a fave desire for this branch. Please go ahead and tag your brands that we can contact about providing these items. Individual donations are also very welcome!

Want to support this restoration with a donation? Drop us a DM or reach out to sahar@bookbunk.org. You can also visit our website: www.bookbunk.org/donate

With love from the bunk ❤️!

#NRBLibraries

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The Eastlands Library in Makadara is located in Maringo Estate and is a stone throw away from the law courts and county offices, and now shares a compound with the Huduma Centre, a public service hub. Before pandemic-mandated closure earlier last year, this branch got the most foot traffic of all three; an average of 182 users a day, mainly young adults who were either using the space to study or were working from their own devices. We intend for this space to reflect the needs of its users: modern, inclusive spaces of learning and art. We are grateful for support from Sharjah World Book Capital , who are making these restoration efforts of #NRBLibraries possible!

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When we began the physical restoration of the Eastlands Library in Makadara we discovered sections of the library’s walls were made from asbestos. Exposure to asbestos can be dangerous and so we worked quickly to get the relevant permissions from Nema Kenya to safely remove this material. We’ve since gotten creative with the space and library users will now have additional spaces to work, chill, read and stare at the world outside without fear of exposure. Peep these new reading spots, which we hope are great spaces for imaginative work! #NRBLibraries

📸 Credits: by Quaint Photography
📍 Eastlands Library, Makadara.

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The Eastlands Library in Makadara is located in Maringo Estate and is a stone throw away from the law courts and county offices, and now shares a compound with the Huduma Centre, a public service hub. Before pandemic-mandated closure earlier last year, this branch got the most foot traffic of all three; an average of 182 users a day, mainly young adults who were either using the space to study or were working from their own devices. We intend for this space to reflect the needs of its users: modern, inclusive spaces of learning and art. We are grateful for support from Sharjah World Book Capital, who are making these restoration efforts of #NRBLibraries possible!

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A Night At The Library

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! Our annual fundraising gala- A Night At The Library, is back on 11th December 2020! This evening showcases the public libraries we have been working to restore in Kaloleni, Makadara and the CBD. We engage with audiences and lovers of public spaces, and raise funds as well as crucial partnerships that make this groundbreaking work restoring #NRBLibraries possible.

Thanks to your support, we raised KES 3.4M in 2019 in unrestricted funds, launched our individual and corporate giving programme – Friends of Book Bunk – and made wonderful connections with individuals and entities who have supported our work restoring the Kaloleni Library and the Eastlands Library in Makadara this year!

Due to the Covid19 pandemic and resultant limitations on public gatherings, we have to do things differently this year. We are thankful to be bringing our gala experience to your home, and look forward to you joining us for our first-ever digital edition of the gala. It is a Mask-A-Rade! A virtual experience filled with stories and other experiences that celebrate our city and its public spaces, live from the iconic McMillan Memorial Library!

Virtual Meet & Greet

Presenting for the first time, our Virtual Meet & Greet sessions! These are an exclusive opportunity to have a brief 1-on-1 conversation with a diverse group of artists, entrepreneurs, professionals and thought leaders. This incredible group of luminaries continue to inspire our teams here at Book Bunk and we encourage you to purchase a conversation with them, for yourself, a colleague or loved one. We’re grateful to them for donating their time to us, for the benefit of Nairobi’s libraries!

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