Digital Literacy Burkina Faso Project #15203

Girls' Computer Literacy & Leadership Program

by Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL)

Project Report | Aug 11, 2017
Still awaiting completion of funding and hiring

By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa

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

Links:

FAVL blog

Back to all project reports

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.