Parnterships At the Heart of The Mbife Foundation
Mbife doesn't grow alone, and it was never supposed to.
Every library, every session, every idea that becomes real — it happens because someone opened a door, a room, or a partnership with us.
We don't just accept help. We build with people who believe what we believe. Here's who's building alongside us.
The Fajara Garden Restaurant
Home of our very first library. The Fajara Garden hosts our original Mbife Library, nested right inside their space — proof that a reading culture doesn't need a building of its own, just a community willing to make room for one.
Africell
Our second library lives at Africell's Tropic Mall — a partnership that took Mbife from one library to a real, growing network. Wherever Africell has a space, we've found a way to fill a corner of it with books.
Africell Impact Foundation
Our newest partnership, and one of our busiest. Africell Impact Foundation now hosts our regular activities — Art & Story Hour, Book Bantaba, and more — giving our activities a real home to run from every week.
The Reuel Foundation
Partners in bringing stories to every child, including through Wolof and sign language interpretation at community events — because a story should never be out of reach for any child.
STEM Fest Gambia
Proof that reading and STEM aren't separate worlds — we've teamed up to show kids that curiosity, stories, and science all feed each other.
Action Aid Gambia
Partners in reaching further — working alongside Action Aid Gambia to bring literacy and communities together through their generous book donations.National Charity League (NCL), Inc. - Prosper, TX Chapter(US)
A large book donation from Sister to Sister Foundation helped turn The Mbife Foundation from an idea into a reality — proof that belief in a small idea, from anywhere in the world, can build a library on the other side of it.International School of Dakar (ISD)
A generous book donation from ISD was critical in the opening of our first Mbife Library. Building a library is a community effort and ours is global!
Want to build something with us?
If you've got a space, an idea, or just a belief that kids deserve better stories — we want to hear from you.
email us as mbifelibrary@gmail.com
Who's invested in us:
Bokhjälpen (Sweden)
Bokhjälpen's financial support has helped us put more books in more hands — because a culture of reading needs more than a room, it needs books that actually reach kids.
Powered by our community
Our community brought The Mbife Foundation to life.
A GoFundMe campaign funded our very first activities— and today, ongoing community giving is funding our classroom libraries as we build them, one school at a time.
To those who believed in us before anyone else did
Some of our earliest support came quietly — book drives, donations, and encouragement from people who never asked for their names on a wall. You know who you are, and so does The Mbife Foundation. Thank you for seeing us first