Books change lives BookLinks In focus: Supporting education in rural schools in Kenya Exploring digital potential in children’s libraries Running a reading promotion event 1 June 16 / Issue 22 Welcome Welcome to issue 22 of BookLinks – the Book Aid International newsletter for our library partners. In this issue you can find a report on how we are supporting rural education in a Maasai community in Kenya as well as a report on a recent project to introduce digital content into children’s libraries. We meet inspirational children’s librarian Vivienne Moyo from Zimbabwe and we have an update on our return to supporting Sierra Leone. 8th September is International Literacy Day and we are encouraging our partners to celebrate! Get all our hints and tips on planning a successful event on page 10. Hoima, Uganda We really hope you enjoy this new issue of BookLinks. We welcome your feedback on the content - please email
[email protected] with your comments. BookLinks is published with the support of a grant from the Unwin Inside this issue Charitable Trust. Established in In focus: Supporting education in rural schools in Kenya 3 1914 by Sir Stanley Unwin, founder of George Allen and Unwin in the Profile: Mrs Vivienne Moyo, Children’s Librarian 4 UK, the Trust supports a range of 6 activities and we are delighted to be Exploring digital potential in children’s libraries among its beneficiaries. New countries of operation: Sierra Leone 9 Cover image: A young boy reads in Running a reading promotion event 10 Tschabalala Library, Zimbabwe News 12 2 IN FOCUS: Supporting education in rural schools in Kenya Our partner Africa Educational Trust reports on a joint project to bring the joy of reading to semi-nomadic communities in Kenya Kiwanja Ndege Primary School sits on the outskirts of DolDol town.