In the U.S., access to books for school-aged children is not equitable. K-12 schools and libraries are under scrutiny for book bans and below average reading scores. Across Central and West Africa, millions of students’ education is disrupted by conflict.
Community-based organizations are stepping in.
Brooklyn Book Bodega, based in the U.S., and the Kid Lit Foundation, based in Nigeria, are both nonprofit organizations providing access to books and literacy through community-based programming.
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