Project Background
In collaboration with Amesbury Elementary School, AFA has raised money over the course of fouryears to  build a library at the Ebussamba Primary School in Esabalu. Amesbury children donated  their used books to a book swap at the school. At the book swap each book cost only a quarter.  At the end of each year's book swap, Amesbury for Africa matched the funds raised by the students and all the money went  to Ebussamba's Library Project.

The library at Ebussamba is now complete. In June of 2005, Gerri Fegan, Amesbury Elementary traveled to Esabalu to instruct two teachers in how to implement a library at the school.

In 2001, at the completion of the book swap, a Diversity Assembly was held on March 14:

Funds raised through the Book Swap project: 2004 - $1360 2003 - $1600 2002 - $1700 2001 - $1340

Former Mayor Costello was presented with the Kenyan flag by representatives of Amesbury for Africa and visitors from our sister city, Esabalu, in Kenya.

Irene Gerakis, Amesbury High School Student, & Davies Namuyenga, Teacher, hold bricks made by the Ebussamba Primary School Students to construct the bookswap library on-site at Ebussamba.

Library walls under construction - opening scheduled Sept 15, 2005