A mobile library will be roaming the capital’s streets to bring age-appropriate reading materials to communities to help promote a culture of reading.
The library, part of the USAID-funded Pakistan Reading Project, was inaugurated on Wednesday by programme official Donald Larry Sampler and International Rescue Committee President David Miliband.
Speaking on the occasion, Sampler said “The Mobile Bus Library Programme is just one element of the project which will help Pakistani children start their own journeys in the world of books. Through this partnership, between USAID, the International Rescue Committee, and the Government of Pakistan, we are taking a multi-pronged approach to help increase literacy.”
The project will run a mobile bus library programme in Sindh and Islamabad over the next two years and bring reading materials directly to communities and help reestablish reading habits.
Trained librarians on board each bus will conduct story-telling sessions in each community they visit. They will also issue books for schoolchildren to take home to read.
Miliband said, “The project is helping improve reading skills of children across Pakistan. The mobile library is another step towards promoting a reading culture in Pakistan.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2014.
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