RI Native Builds a Library in Kenya

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Rhode Island native Tina McDonough has accomplished her dream of building a library in Ole Partiata, Narok of Kenya. The library – which was officially opened on November 18, 2011 – currently has over 1,000 books, specifically targeted to be useful to the Maasai community. McDonough, founder of the Imagine Library & Resource Center says, “Of the 656,2000 libraries around the world, only 1,200 of them are in Africa.” In 2009, McDonough was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis, and underwent four surgeries within a three-month period. The scare inspired her to visit Uganda for the first time, where she worked with the Beads for Life charity and vowed she would return to the area as soon as she could to make a difference. In order to buy the land for the library, McDonough donated all of her possessions and savings, as well as accumulated donations from local donors and friends to purchase books and the shelves to put them in.

Imagine Library & Resource Center, Tina McDonough, library, volunteering, SO Rhode Island

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