Project Report
| Apr 17, 2018
Lots of activities in 2018 at FAVL Burkina Faso
By Michael Kevane | Director
![New photo books on display Sebba Library]()
New photo books on display Sebba Library
What is new at FAVL-Burkina Faso?
- Fifteen new photos books were printed and delivered in March 2018 to most of the libraries that we support in Burkina Faso. Picture of the books on the booksehelf in Sebba Library is below.
- Libraries received 20 copies of a kid’s magazine called Kidzymag that is filled with short stories and fun games for kids to play.
- Many libraries received donations of books; one of the gratifying things about working with libraries is to see how many “friends” are out there willing to support reading.
- Libraries held their regularly scheduled monthly meetings in March- on the agenda are two reading contests being held in some of the libraries – one supported by the US Embassy, the other by Catholic Relief Services.
- Our new Biblio-Mobile-Penelope moto-tricycle service is moving along (photo below) and will be ready to operate soon.
- The Multimedia Center in Hounde has been producing many books this year- sixteen Kikirou stories in the Fall 2017, and six more children’s books written and illustrated by people from Tuy Province. The illustrator Robert Bazoum (below) is doing a spectacular job).
- FAVL Director Michael Kevane met with Stanislas Ouanré, Minister of Education, in March 2018 to see about possible collaboration for establishing more libraries.
- Lots more going on every day; read our blog for more information.
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!
![Mock-up of biblio-mobile tricycle coming soon!]()
Mock-up of biblio-mobile tricycle coming soon!
![Participants in story writing workshop April 2018]()
Participants in story writing workshop April 2018
![Illustrator Robert Bazoum]()
Illustrator Robert Bazoum
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Jan 5, 2018
Awaiting funding, continuing literacy activities
By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa
![Hounde mayor signs convention Dec 2017]()
Hounde mayor signs convention Dec 2017
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.
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Aug 11, 2017
Still awaiting completion of funding and hiring
By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa
![Reading in FAVL library Aug. 2017]()
Reading in FAVL library Aug. 2017
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
- Summer reading camps held in 22 villages (June and July 2017)
- 15 photos books printed and distributed (these feature people in local communities where libraries are located)
- Two new program officers hired and trained
- Mayors in 22 village sites held meetings with FAVL representative to ensure payment of librarian salaries
- A typical library receives 200 visits a month
Ghana
- After school reading program initiated August 2017
- Coordinator Paul Ayutoliya visited libraries in Accra and purchased 115 books for Sumbrungu, Sherigu and Kunkua libraries
- Libraries receive several thousand visits each month
Uganda
- Uganda Community Libraries Association held in August 2017 its annual conference
- Kitengesa Library is thriving
- Interns from Douglas College in Canada volunteered in community libraries
![Meeting Hounde July 2017]()
Meeting Hounde July 2017
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