ALP works in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

[4] ALP volunteers in the United States collect used, donated books for later shipment to affiliated libraries in Africa.

The volunteers then sort, pack, and ship the books via sea container, for eventual delivery to a designated African school or community.

[7] Teachers and administrators of the target schools are given a manual on managing a library based on one developed by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).

Librarians from all the countries where ALP is working meet at the biannual Library Summit to share best practices.