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OUR WORK TO DATE
We are very pleased to announce that so far the following organisations have been selected to receive funding from Libraries Across Borders in 2009 - watch for updates:Lillooet Area Library Association BC for Story Time Contract for the Book Bus that serves rural First Nations communities World Neighbours Canada - Burkina Faso for resource materials in local languages and French at the Koalla Community Library Child Aid -Guatemala for funding a programme coordinator for training librarians for the mobile library system
Trans Himalaya Aid Society (TRAS) for learning materials in local languages for the Tezu Tibetan Settlement in India Library
Afretech - Cura Village Library, Kenya for local resource materials/shelving
positively Africa - Phelisanong Disabled, HIV/Aids Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Project - resources for the Primary School Library
Africa Community Technical Services (ACTS)- Chamazi Community Library, Tanzania for Library room furniture
And continued support for Puedo Leer, Granada, Nicaragua for resources for the only free children's library in the city
Projects funded in 2008:
Kenya
- ACCES for developing collections in school libraries in Kenya
Nepal
- Nepal Library Foundation for continued support of the Tikapur Community Library digitisation project
India- Tibet
- Trans Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS) for collection development in a Tibetan refugee settlement library in India
Nicaragua
- Puedo Leer in Granada, Nicaragua for programme and collection development
Indonesia
- Saree Community school in Indonesia through YouLead University of British Columbia
Afghanistan
- Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and the Noor Education Centre
British Columbia
- Lillooet Area Library Association (BC) for collection development for the Book Bus serving First Nations communities.
PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2007 Ghana
- additional funding to the World University Service of Canada/Uniterra for computers at Bawku Community Library in Ghana Guatemala
- training of school librarians through Child Aid and Probigua in Guatemala Uganda - assistance to Ceasarea Community Library in Buikwe, Uganda in partnership with the National Library of Uganda - computer room for Kitengesa Community Library, Uganda in partnership with UBC You Lead Indonesia
- assistance to Satunama Mobile Libraries in Indonesia through the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada, and Nepal
- working with the Nepal Library Foundation of Vancouver and READ Nepal to help develop Tikapur Community Library.
British Columbia Fernie - Assistance to purchase with First Nations Reluctant Reader's Programme of Fernie Secondary School and the heritage Library Fort Nelson - funds for collection development.
These
are all very exciting library development projects and we are very
pleased to be able to assist. We look forward to working with more
communities both internationally and here in BC in developing library
services.
PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2005-2006
Honduras
-The Centro de Ensenanza y Aprendizaje de Agricultura Sostenible
(CEASO) in El Socorro, Siguatepegue, a project of World Neighbours,
Canada. Ghana
-The Girl Child Education Project Library through World University Service Canada and Uniterra in Bawku, Ghana. Guatemala
- The Pop Atziaq Weaving Co-operative Project Library for Mayan Scholarship students in rural Guatemala.
British Columbia
- Funds for a First Nations library worker to attend the 4th Annual
International Indigenous Librarians Forum Saskatchewan in 2005.
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