Gill Grose: A Volunteer Librarian Changing Lives in South Africa

Gill has been s a volunteer librarian at Claremont Primary School in Cape Town South Africa since 2010. Through her initiative she has been able to give several hundred children aged 6-14 from largely disadvantaged backgrounds access to books and advice about reading. She believes that this has been life changing for a significant number of her readers – as well as giving her life profound value.

Gill is a great example of a social entrepreneur. Richard nominated her to speak at TEDxCapeTown,

Watch her talk here For the love of books | Gill Grose | TEDxCapeTown 

• Claremont Primary School
• Couchsurfing
• mikengill@gmail.com