Oct 24, 2018 | News + Updates, A Hole in the Roof, DRY Libraries
Construction of the fourth and fifth domed libraries in the Philippines was recently completed and its thrilling to see it coming together! D.R.Y. (Donated Reading for Youth) Libraries is a joint effort between National Book Store and A Hole in the Roof Foundation to...
Jun 19, 2015 | A Hole in the Roof, DRY Libraries, News + Updates
A children’s library opened Friday in the central Philippines. But it symbolizes so much more than that. In November 2013, a super typhoon flattened areas of the country, killing more than 6,000 people and displacing thousands more. When author Mitch Albom visited the...
Feb 24, 2014 | A Hole in the Roof, DRY Libraries, News + Updates
BESTSELLING AUTHOR MITCH ALBOM LAUNCHES INITIATIVE IN PHILIPPINES TO REBUILD LIBRARIES AFTER TYPHOON YOLANDA Engages dozens of famous writers – including Stephen King, Amy Tan, Jeff Kinney, JK Rowling, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks, John Green & more –...
Feb 18, 2014 | A Hole in the Roof, DRY Libraries, News + Updates
During his visit to the Philippines this week, Mitch Albom will visit Talisay, where the Yellow Boats for Hope Foundation sources boats for their “Adopt a Fisherman” program. Through this program, boats are donated to the small scale fishermen who lost...