Archive
The nearly 4000 books en route were collected 2005/7 by students and other volunteers at:
Livres du Monde
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Queen’s University
Rights & Democracy
University of Manitoba
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
and are going to:
Balkh University, Mazar-e-Sharif
Herat University
Institute for Health Sciences, Kabul
Institute for Health Sciences, Kandahar
Kabul Medical University
Kandahar University
Khost University
Nangarhar Medical University, Jalalabad
Noor Education Centre
The collections include core libraries in medicine, nursing and dentistry.
Books With Wings began December, 2001as the Kabul Medical Library Project, initiated by Dr. Richard Gordon and medical students at the University of Manitoba, involving medical students and staff at 13 universities across Canada. The initial effort resulted in the collection and shipment of over 1700 medical textbooks with an estimated value of over $250,000. The tremendous success of the project garnered national media coverage, and then expanded to include a core medical book library for Al-Beeruny University led by Shira Taylor at the University of Toronto, who coined the name “Books with Wings”.
Books With Wings is entirely non-profit and is made possible by generous donations and the tireless work of our volunteers. If you wish to contribute, please visit the donation link above.
April 24, 2006: Herat Medical Library Status (BWW University of Toronto)
Medical Students at the University of Toronto have collected over 800 medical textbooks and have raised funds for bookshelving!
March, 2006: Books With Wings Penpal Program
Books-with-Wings-Penpals is an outgrowth of the Books with Wings project to bring new medical and health books to the academic libraries of Afghanistan. Its purpose is to initiate one to one contacts between nursing, midwifery, dentistry and medical students in Canada and Afghanistan. Private conversations are encouraged.
Livres du Monde
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Queen’s University
Rights & Democracy
University of Manitoba
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
and are going to:
Balkh University, Mazar-e-Sharif
Herat University
Institute for Health Sciences, Kabul
Institute for Health Sciences, Kandahar
Kabul Medical University
Kandahar University
Khost University
Nangarhar Medical University, Jalalabad
Noor Education Centre
The collections include core libraries in medicine, nursing and dentistry.
Books With Wings began December, 2001as the Kabul Medical Library Project, initiated by Dr. Richard Gordon and medical students at the University of Manitoba, involving medical students and staff at 13 universities across Canada. The initial effort resulted in the collection and shipment of over 1700 medical textbooks with an estimated value of over $250,000. The tremendous success of the project garnered national media coverage, and then expanded to include a core medical book library for Al-Beeruny University led by Shira Taylor at the University of Toronto, who coined the name “Books with Wings”.
Books With Wings is entirely non-profit and is made possible by generous donations and the tireless work of our volunteers. If you wish to contribute, please visit the donation link above.
April 24, 2006: Herat Medical Library Status (BWW University of Toronto)
Medical Students at the University of Toronto have collected over 800 medical textbooks and have raised funds for bookshelving!
March, 2006: Books With Wings Penpal Program
Books-with-Wings-Penpals is an outgrowth of the Books with Wings project to bring new medical and health books to the academic libraries of Afghanistan. Its purpose is to initiate one to one contacts between nursing, midwifery, dentistry and medical students in Canada and Afghanistan. Private conversations are encouraged.