It is nearly one year since we started our 'Mobile Library for Literacy'

Last summer we prepared for our Mobile Library for Literacy' and received our first book donations. Before school started we went shopping and purchased more. Over the last two school terms when we visited children we took suitable books for them to choose and borrow until our next visit. By the end of the school year those who were hesitant to borrow in the beginning were keen and most were asking for more than one book.

We are thrilled this has been such a successful literacy program. We have all the children in our sponsorship programs (except the tiny ones who don't read yet) reading and enjoying books now. It has been very sweet to see their excitement and joy just from the simple acts of going through books and discovering there are several that interest them, and that they can actually borrow them!

We  are pleased how the children have cared for the books too. They have taken the instructions seriously and have cared for the books with great respect.

This all would not have been possible if it wasn't for donations from Australia, Canada and the US. We are very grateful for that meaningful support!

Our next stage in supporting the children to become even more literate over this coming school year is to purchase three hundred more books allowing all the children and also their siblings to borrow several books each time we visit. The easy delivery of many books to each community will be possible due to a motorbike with a very large storage capacity.

I am excited about this next stage and I am sure the children will be too!