Global Philanthropic Report 2019 - SECT, VKF & Go2C

A KEEP Reading Room
Public libraries are non-existent, and the role of libraries is undefined and unfamiliar to most.
Some public schools have what they call libraries, but they are mainly storage rooms for
government text books that may also be used as teacher break rooms. There is virtually no
publishing industry in the country, so the cost of books is high, and there is no widespread reading
culture. Reading is not something people generally do for pleasure, and children read only when
required in school.
About KEEP
When the government of Liberia closed all schools in the country as an effort to help curb the
spread of Ebola virus disease, Brenda B Moore, the founder of KEEP, started home-schooling her
two young children. She printed out free worksheets from the internet that matched the Liberian
national curriculum and did daily exercises with her children. While doing this, she realized that
other children in her community were idle during the period and decided to also reach out to
them.
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