In the U.S., access to books for school-aged children is not equitable. K-12 schools and libraries are facing book bans, shrinking budgets and below-average reading scores. Across Central and West Africa, education is disrupted by conflict for millions of students.
Community-based organizations are stepping in.
Brooklyn Book Bodega, based in the U.S., and the Kid Lit Foundation, based in Nigeria, are two nonprofit organizations improving access to books and literacy rates for children on both sides of The Atlantic
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