Education Zambia Project #8958

Let's Go Live(n) Up our Library in Ng'ombe, Zambia

by Chikumbuso

Project Report | Aug 22, 2013
Connecting through the Book

By Linda Wilkinson | Founder Chikumbuso Project

Nancy deep in a book

This past summer a group of about 20 Chikumbuso widows, students, STARY participants and single moms worked with artist/educator Nancy MacBride to create one-of-a-kind dolls.The dolls were made from repurposed plastic bottles, found items and paper mache. This is in keeping with our upscale theme at Chikumbuso where we strive to make a difference in our world by making upscaled art (such as our Chikumbuso bags). While Nancy was there she spent some time in our library reading with her sponsored child Maria and her friends as well as a young first grader Enoch who is sponsored by a friend of Nancy's. Having a quiet place to spend quality time with these kids was such a blessing to Nancy who, as an art teacher in Voluntown, Ct. knows the power behind the book.

Thank you so much for helping us to build and support this beautiful library where life time connections to friends and the world beyond Lusaka can be made.

By the way Nancy will sell the dolls as well as Chikumbuso’s other products at “Art-Is-You Stamford” in October 2013.

One of the upscale dolls!

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May 23, 2013
More Books!

By Linda Wilkinson | Founder Chikumbuso Project

Feb 25, 2013
Really Reading!

By Carly Buehler | Volunteer :Educational Consultant

Team Captains for Reading Competition

Chikumbuso School is so blessed with an amazing library that has had so many donors contributing books, furniture, and computers but unfortunately we feel it has been underused by our students. Keep in mind that all of our students are English Language Learners, who have never before had access to so many books or computers. In the past the only reading they had done was the reading provided in their curriculum through short stories in their work books. So students are still learning how to use the library, and how to read for fun. This concept is still pretty foreign to them. I found in the little bit of reading that I did with 5th grade students, that I was impressed with their reading skills, but very disappointed with their comprehension.
Thus, the goals of Chikumbuso readers for 2013 are:

To motivate learner's to read outside of the classroom at a level that will challenge the learner;
To motivate learners to read different styles of literature;
To increase learner's reading comprehension;
To increase learner's ability to give grade level appropriate responses to the literature read.

In order to do this we are breaking all the students up into 4 teams where they will be competing to read the most books as a team. Along with reading the book we are requiring that the students give a grade level appropriate response to the book. This could be a verbal retell, a Q/A sheet, a description of a character, a written summary, an answer to a question about a character, setting, or event, etc. We want the students to be working on their reading, and writing skills. Each team will have a team captain (a 5th or 6th grade student) who's job is to build team spirit.

This has already received a great response by teachers and students alike. Please help us to continue moving the library into the hearts and lives of the students by making a donation to our computer lab, library shelves, and equipment. This is beginning to be an intergral part of our education program and is sure to make a huge difference in the lives of these children.

The Competition is On!!!

Links:

http://www.chikumbuso.com

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