On December 20th, Trudy Marshall spoke to us about her non-profit Libraries of Love. She was a teacher in Pflugerville for 18 years and then went to librarian school. She now lives in Uganda and Kenya for most of the year. As a preface to her story about Libraries of Love, she told us of her travels around the world. She discovered on her travels in Africa that there are no libraries for schools. She started her first library in 2005; Libraries of Love has now established, and maintains, 55 libraries in Kenya and Uganda. Trudy currently has 12,000 books ready to be added to these libraries. They only accept hardback books and use the old fashion Dewey decimal system to set up the libraries. Trudy showed us life in the village where she lives in Uganda. She also showed slides of the Libraries of Love, including delivery of the books and upkeep of libraries. All of the books are in English because both Kenya and Uganda were British colonies at one time so the main language is English. Libraries for Love also sponsors students so that they can attend school. They currently have 15 university graduates and 60 sponsored students. The videos Trudy showed of the students and villages showed lots of singing and dancing. Besides the libraries and sponsoring students Trudy is also involved in humanitarian projects in the area including building playgrounds, helping a student get surgery to fix his broken leg, and providing food and medicine for child with cerebral palsy. Trudy has meetings with librarians and principals to make they know how to run the libraries.