By Riziero Fernando Montanari | Vice President
Date: 06Jun22
Memo: 9th Quarterly Report CSAG Footprint Books for Kids Org #68120
Summary: The recovery from the COVID pandemic proceeds but its impacts continue to be felt all around the world. This is especially true for small nonprofits in developing countries such as Ghana. Despite the pandemic and because of reduced fund raising traffic and volume the delivery of the 3d shipment of books was delayed. Finally on 2 May 2022 the shipment departed the United states for Ghana. Once received it will be able to stock the temporary library. Progress on the mobile library has been very slow. Promotion for this much needed resource has only just begun and we are hopeful that donations can be provided. Any type of a vehicle a large van for example can take books to children who are not able to come to the temporary library. Meanwhile the construction of the new library remains a distant hope. The application at the Japanese embassy for the permanent library Is still on hold. It just does not seem that the COVID pandemic will ever release everything back to its normal state and lingering effects of shutdowns are still felt by all agencies even embassy staff. We are hopeful that in this next quarter we can raise funds for the mobile library. This will be our goal and we remain hopeful that some type of vehicle can be purchased to take the books to where the children live.
Website Used Book Drop Off Boxes by Zip Code : https://services.betterworldbooks.com/individuals/
The Third World Foundation grant was for 18,000 Cedi, or $2700.00 USD. This generous gift allowed the CSAG foundation to purchase much needed furniture. Chairs, tables and most importantly bookshelves were purchased. These will allow for more comfortable and compatible learning environments. The children will be able to read in comfort and the learning material can be displayed in a much more attractive and appealing manner. It's great to see that the CSAG foundation is attracting this type of health and we are glad to be a small part of promoting their mission.
You can see in the album the children perusing the books, picking them up and in many instances sharing the stories that they contain. This is a great example of how powerful a book can be. In communities that are not challenged electronic and digital versions of literature have greatly replaced printed bound books. But there's no escaping that in both types of communities you really cannot replace a book. It's something that can be shared. It's something that can survive one reader and be available to another. It's a gift that keeps providing new readers the same entertainment and growth no matter how many times it's been read or how dog eared and worn its cover may be. In fact, reach out and grab the most worn, torn binder on the shelf; it's evidence that inside is a great story.
Check out our progress: we are continuing our effort to provide books during this difficult period. Please check out all of our progress reports which we post as albums. The latest album will provide details of our efforts. Thank you for your support. https://youtu.be/uRh4GqQTnkM
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By Riziero Montanari | Vice President
By Riziero Fernando Montanari | Vice President
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