Rehabilitate Bereba Library to honor David Pace

Mission report to the commune of Béréba July 2025

The Friends of Village Libraries of Burkina Faso (ABVBF) association, in its drive to meet the needs of book lovers, has initiated the opening of a cultural center in the commune of Béréba. This center will allow adult users to cultivate and recharge their batteries freely in a more adequate manner. It is with this in mind that a team from ABVBF, composed of assistant program manager and facilitator went to Béréba on July 29, 2025, to conduct preparatory activities to ensure the success of this project.  For this outing, the team's main objective was to sort the adult books and documents needed by the Béréba library to transfer them to the cultural center. This activity was successfully carried out by the team. It should be noted that during these missions, the team made stops at the town hall of the said municipality to discuss with the PDS and the SG about the preparations for the opening of this center. However, the authorities were absent due to administrative travel reasons. For the moment, everything is going well. The ABVBF team is working to ensure that the center is operational as quickly as possible and allow users to visit and benefit from the center.  Prior to this, an ABVBF team carried out a mission to the commune of Béréba on July 25, 2025. Their main tasks were to meet with the PDS and/or the SG to discuss the progress of the work, sort adult books in the Béréba library, change the keys to the center's door, find people to clean the courtyard, move the shelves into the center, and speak with a resource person about ordering chairs for the center. Of the five objectives, two were not met: the meeting with the PDS and/or the SG and the cleaning of the cultural center's courtyard. Indeed, the meeting with the authorities did not take place because they were traveling. While waiting to find a service provider, the ABVBF team, assisted by the manager of the Dimikuy library, cut the tall grass. It should be noted that a shelf was handed over to a local carpenter for repair. Although not all objectives were met, the team was pleased with the work already accomplished.