5000/5000

books donated

1. Adenya Municipal Assembly Basic School – Primary and Junior High School – Matched

2. Kurusua No. 1 M/A Basic School- Primary & Junior High School – Matched

3. Manpongshai D/A Basic School- Primary & Junior High School – Matched

4. Nyapiena D/A Basic School- Primary & Junior High School – Matched

5. Nwawasua M/A School Compound- Kindergarten, Primary, & Junior High School – Pending

Contact crys@empowerplaygrounds.org to be matched to one of the schools listed above.

How can you get involved?!

Donate Books
Donate your lightly used books or buy & donate your favorite book or book series. You can purchase books to donate from your local used book store or library or online. We have a list of suggested types of books for donation below and a wish list on Amazon for you to purchase. Click here to access the suggested books on Amazon.→

Ship books to:
Empower Playgrounds, Inc.
1905 W 4700 S #432
Salt Lake City, UT 84129

Volunteer to head a book drive: 
Send us an e-mail at crys@empowerplaygrounds.org to be matched to one of the schools (listed above). We will give you a link to sign-up through the African Library Project once they have the schools on their website. We will provide you with some great pictures of your school and some of the children there. Get your school or club or family together to collect 1000 books and raise $500 to help with shipping costs! The African Library Project has extremely helpful information on how to get started and make a successful book drive. Click on the list below to be redirected to the ALP resources: 

Books should be shipped in February to the African Library Project warehouse in New Orleans. The ALP will send you shipping labels to use and instructions on how to pack the boxes. You will need boxes, and garbage bags to line the boxes.

Types of Books to Collect and Donate

• For Primary schools (Grades: Kg-6th):

  • Baby board books

  • Children’s picture books

  • Children’s fiction and non-fiction

  • Early readers

  • BIG books

  • Teacher’s resource books for school libraries

  • Children’s dictionaries/picture dictionaries

  • Encyclopedias less than 15 years old

  • Children’s encyclopedias/picture encyclopedias

  • Children’s thesauruses

  • Paperback textbooks in math, English, geography, health, and science at appropriate level (kindergarten to 6th grade). Send no more than two copies of any texbook; these will be used for teacher resources.

  • Books with universal themes (friendships, animals, love)

  • Children’s books teaching life skills about health, hygiene, adolescence and careers

  • Accurate up-to-date atlases

  • Books about Africa or African-Americans

  • Educational children’s science and literary magazines in good condition

  • Brain teasers, flash cards, educational games and puzzles

• Junior High School (Grades 7th-9th):

  • Juvenile literature

  • Children’s fiction and non-fiction

  • Teacher’s resource books for school libraries

  • Dictionaries

  • Encyclopedias less than 15 years old

  • Accurate up-to-date atlases

  • Thesauruses

  • Math books from 6th grade up, including algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus, English books (focusing on grammar or comprehension), geography books, health books, science books including general science, biology, chemistry, and physics at appropriate level. Send no more than two copies of any textbook, these will be used as a teacher resource.

  • Life skills books about health, hygiene, adolescence, careers, etc.

  • Books with universal themes (friendships, animals, love)

  • Books like Chicken Soup for the Soul (inspiring stories with life skills lessons)

  • Books about Africa or African-Americans

  • Educational kids science and literary magazines in good condition

  • Brain teasers, flash cards, educational games and puzzles

• Examples of Books by Reading Level

  • 4th grade titles:

    • Horrible Harry by Susan Kline

    • Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

    • Magic Treehouse series (4th grade and below) by Mary Pope Osborne

    • Because of Winn-Dixie and Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

    • Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

  • 6th grade titles:

    • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

    • The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

    • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

    • Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

  • 7th/8th grade titles:

    • Lord of the Rings series/The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

    • Books by Jerry Spinelli

    • The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner

    • Maximum Ride series by James Patterson

Mail our director, Crys Lee, with any questions: info@empowerplaygrounds.org