Library

After receiving numerous book donations from various individuals, we now have a temporary lending library set up at one of the primary schools in our community. We have around five hundred books. Currently, I am the main librarian. Starting at the beginning of the next school year, the rest of the teachers will be responsible for brining their students to the library to check out books. There are a handful of grade 5 & 6 students that come in during their lunch break to help sign out books for other students. We will be relying heavily on student librarians to run the library. The library has been extremely successful so far. Students are very eager to get into the library as often as possible to check out a new book. Many of the younger children take their books home and ask every member of the family to read the book to them. Some children do not have any literate family members to read to them, so they simply enjoy the pictures. One child recently acquired a new puppy and decided to name it Copper, after a dog in a book they had checked out. Currently, a group of teachers are working on writing a grant and asking community members for donations in order to fund the library project. We will be fixing up an empty classroom at each of the schools to use as a library. The goal is to build several bookshelves and a couple tables, and sew hammocks and mats for the children to sit on. Once we have received funding, we will travel to the capital city to purchase as many books as possible.