Provide reading opportunities to schoolchildren

Every week we receive reports from the mobile library animator. here is an example of his report, translated from French, for mid-December.

During the period from 08 to 15 December 2021, the animator of the Pénélope mobile library made outings to primary schools in the municipality of Houndé namely: school A, school B, school C, l D school and Lokihoun school with the Pénélope mobile library. During these outings several activities were carried out such as guided reading, puzzle games, riddles, word games and awareness raising on the importance of reading. He notes a participation of about 234 readers. These outings allowed the students to have a taste for reading, to gather knowledge through reading and distraction through games. So what is important is the participation of parents of students and teachers for encouragement and words of support.

The mobile library (Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope, BMP) has begun operations again in August 2021, with visits to schools in Houndé town. The team also met with school directors and town authorities. School session starts in October, so for now the visits are informal. The plan is that in October each of the 7 schools will have a “reading club” of 20 students, who will commit to participating after school for a reading session. The team in Houndé is also preparing printing of about 20 new titles of local books produced by the Houndé multimedia center team. In the coming month the BMP will also be replenished with puzzles and illustrated French children’s books.