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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, June 11, 2015 | 18 Emma, 13, drums up 4,000 books for African Library Project by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Five communities in the southeast African nation of Malawi will now have the opportunity to enjoy small libraries thanks to the efforts of a 13-year-old Oakville girl. Last summer, Emma Hyett was inspired after participating in Craig and Marc Kielburger's Me to We -- Take Action Camp. The camp featured social justice-themed workshops, leadership training and helped the campers to think about how they could change the world around them for the better. Following her May 9 bat mitzvah, the Grade 7 Sunningdale Public School student decided to give changing the world a try. "For the bat mitzvah, which is an event when a Jewish girl turns 13 and becomes an adult in Judaism, one of the things a lot of people do is a Mitzvah project, a good deed," said Hyett. "I decided to do a book drive. I was looking online for different organizations to help me with the book drive and I found African Library Project." African Library Project is a non-profit organization, which mobilizes volunteers to host book drives and ship books to partner libraries in rural Africa. According to the African Library Project website, the organization has donated more than 1.5 million books and created 1,411 libraries in 11 African countries. With one in three adults and 48 million youths in Sub-Saharan Africa unable to read, there is no shortage of need for easy access to books. Hyett made announcements at her school and synagogue, Shaarei-Beth El, and the book drive project got underway with the goal of collecting 1,000 books. It didn't take long to exceed that target with the book drive running for just more than a Emma Hyett, 13, is pictured among some of the more than 4,000 books collected during her book drive to support the African Library Project. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) week at the school (beginning May 11) and bringing in more than 4,000 books. "It went great. I would totally do it again. I think it was a lot of fun and I learned a lot through the process," said Emma. "At first, we thought a week would be too long for the book drive. We thought books would come in for a couple days and that would be it, but we had to extend it because kids at school said they would bring books the next day." Hyett's mother Bonnie said the community really came through with their donations. see Books on p.23 bulk Delivery available! Audiology and Hearing Aid Centre "A Father's Day gift like no other" Sons and daughters often accompany their fathers during their hearing aid fitting. Anyone who lives with a hearing impaired family member knows the frustration the whole family experiences. We see firsthand how that frustration disappears as communication improves. We know you love your father and want only the best in life for him. HEARING SCIENCES 500 Father's Day gift 3 Items available in bulk Delivery & super sac! black sOil, mulcH, DecOrative stOne, sanD anD Gravel! Up to on 1 truck! Home of the In the words of Helen Keller, "When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things; when you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people." $ DIscOunt OFF Alta or Alta Pro hearing aids Bring this coupon and Save $500 on a pair of Alta or Alta Pro instruments. Valid June 8-July 31, 2015 Great big super sac Delivery incl. black soil only $ buy 2 sacs save $20! 1 1 9 + $5 refundable deposit on sac AMERICAN EXPRESS ® HuGe sac... small Price! Call (905) 465-3277 (EARS) to book your complimentary hearing test ($60 value, Age 55+) same or next Day delivery to Oakville call or order online: supersac.ca OAKVILLE 2419 Marine Drive 905 574 7404 · ·