A new community library coordinator, Inez Farnela Sande, is bringing new life into the Vinho lending library project. After only a few days of training, she immediately formed a group of women interested in learning how to read themselves and to their children. The group met for the first time on Saturday, July 24th Eight women, two men, and several children attended the meeting where Inez read a children’s book on animals first in Sena (a local language) and then in Portuguese. Participants shared their knowledge and questions about animals and remained for two hours of intense discussion. Despite living close to Gorongosa National Park, many residents are unfamiliar with names, descriptions and life patterns of local animals and the books provided in the library satisfy a desire for such knowledge. Inez signed up several participants in the lending program, lending each 10 books in a book bag for up to two weeks at a time. In addition to the women’s group and lending program open to all community members, Inez has begun a children’s read aloud program on the weekends and during recess at school.