#260 Lesotho: HIV/AIDS Readers

$5.00 will provide a book about HIV/AIDS written by South African health educators for children in Lesotho. A set of 24 fiction and non-fiction books costs $100 (which includes a 50% discount that the African Library Project receives from the publishers). These books will go to libraries in Lesotho, which has the third highest rate of HIV infection in the world (approximately 24%) and a life expectancy rate of 52. Most of the libraries are in the schools, but all are open to the surrounding villages. Associated Organization: African Library Project.