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In the News

From Tiny Seed to Global Change

Barb Mackraz, Commonwealth Club Talk (Jun 2025)

Kicking Off Palo Alto's New Friendship City

Please scroll down to "A Special Place" in this Around Town publication

Gennady Sheyner, Palo Alto Online (Apr 2025)

Moving Forward on Our First Friendship City: Narok, Kenya

We facilitated this relationship between Palo Alto, CA, and Narok, capital city of the Maasai Mara

The Dispatch, Neighbors Abroad, City of Palo Alto (Summer 2024)

Mara Libraries Boost Education & Promote Literacy Levels

Harriet James, People Daily (national newspaper), Kenya (Feb 2024)

Morocco Library Project: Winning stories published in USA

Maghreb Magazine (Apr 2023)​

Oliveseed Grant Report, Africa Publishing Innovation Fund

2021-22 APIF Annual Report (Oct 2022)

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Bringing Opportunity to the Maasai Mara

John Hockenberry, MPOWERD (Jun 2022)​

American IT Expert Whose Mission Is to Spread Love of Books

Robert Kiplagat, The Nation, Narok edition (May 2022)

Maasai Mara Schools Rank High in KCPE Despite Challenges

Kiplangat Kirui, The Star (Apr 2022)

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87 Students Write Book on Experiences During Covid-19 Holiday

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Jan 2022)

Three Students Win Morocco Library Project's Short Story Contest

Morocco World News (Jul 2020)

Local Student Takes 1st in MLP Writing Competition (in Arabic)

Taroudant News (Jul 2020)

Morocco Library Project

Karen Brock, Thrums Books (Oct 2019)

Oliveseed: Setting Up Libraries to Empower the Youth to Make the World More Peaceful & Sustainable

Active Conservation & Participation Blog (Apr 2019)

Zambian Climate Trailblazer Wows the Crowd in Palo Alto

Sakshi Satpathy, Palo Alto Pulse (Sep 2018)

Morocco Library Project Spreads the Joy of Reading Across Continents

Victoria Thorpe, Palo Alto Pulse (Apr 2017)

Morocco Library Project: Feeding Bookworms Since 2014

Lucas M. Peters, Journey Beyond Travel (2016)

Like a Dream Come True: How One American Helped Build an English-Language Library in Rural Morocco

Jordana Merran, Morocco on the Move (Oct 2015)

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