Donkey Libraries
Arguably the most famous donkey library is the Biblioburro. Elementary school teacher Luis Soriano and his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, travel around Northern Colombia with the intention of promoting and spreading literacy amongst the impoverished and war-torn communities. Soriano was inspired by the power that reading and literature had in healing students who have experienced trauma due to the violence of the region. He started his biblioburro in the late 1990s with 70 books, and continues today–although his collection has grown to over 4800 volumes.
PBS recently did a documentary on Luis Soriano and his Biblioburro and has extensive information on their website. The New York Times also has an article about the Biblioburro.
Venezula has their own version of the biblioburro, called bibliomulas (book mules). BBC has an article on the bibliomulas, and there is also a blog about the bibliomulas (in Spanish).
Ethiopia Reads also has a donkey library, known as the Donkey Mobile Libraries. Information about the Donkey Mobile Libraries can be found on the Ethiopia Reads website, this BBC article, and in the video below:
