What is new at FAVL-Burkina Faso?
The Girls' Computer Literacy program now has sufficient funds that we will be planning a series of sessions in the coming months, so watch for the next report!
This project has not yet received sufficient funding to be fully implementing. Moreover, we continue to have difficulties recruiting a qualified person to operate the Houndé multimedia center and do the training in the center. A meeting was held in December 2017 with staff from the office of the mayor in Houndé, as we continue to work with them for effective solutions to staffing and operations problems for the two libraries in the Houndé region and the multimedia center. (See photos below, where the mayor of Houndé signed the convention for partnership for operations of the two libraries.) Thank you for being patient with us.
FAVL continues to operate 34 community libraries in Burkina Faso. Our latest December 2017 newsletter is available here. In the coming months of 2018, we will continue to supply libraries in our network with new books, as funding permits. We are also producing 16 more photo books for distribution in the libraries.
Thanks donors for hanging in there with FAVL! We are still awaiting hiring of a Houndé multimedia center manager to continue to implement these training and literacy programs. We just hired two new program officers for our office in Ouagadougou, and that will enable the national team to devote more attention to the libraries in southwestern Burkina Faso where this activity is focused. A meeting was held in July 2017 with the mayor's office to cooperate more on the two libraries in the Houndé region and the multimedia center.
Here are some of the highlights of FAVL activities in recent months (you can read more on our blog):
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Uganda
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Hello donors and friends of African Village Libraries and reading programs. We are planning on a next workshop in our Houndé Multimedia Center in early January, while students are on break.
Meanwhile, here is an update on FAVL activities in the first quarter of 2017.
In Burkina Faso:
In Ghana:
In the United States:
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Hello donors and friends of African Village Libraries and reading programs. We are planning on a next workshop in our Houndé Multimedia Center in early January, while students are on break.
Meanwhile, here is an update on FAVL activities in 2016 from our annual newsletter.
In Burkina Faso:
In Ghana:
In Uganda:
In the United States:
Links:
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