Good Times Continue at the Niankorodougou Library

It has been awhile since Adelaide or I have posted an update about all of the great things happening at the library. And I am happy to tell you all that things are great! I don’t have any pictures to share with you at the moment, but I just got news from Adelaide.

Last month the private school in Niankorodougou used the library for reports on African authors. Since the library opened in June of 2008, the library committee has worked to encourage students that reading is a great way to build on the education they receive in school. The library has hosted reading competitions for different classes and Moussa (our librarian) has visited the schools on numerous occasions to promote its value to the community. I was so excited to hear from Adelaide that the school is now incorporating the library into its curriculum through graded projects like the African author report. Such projects can only mean more good things for the library, the school and the community.

But the good news doesn’t end there…

When I left Burkina in December of 2008 the library committee was working on building an outdoor reading “gazebo” for everyone to use as the space inside the library cannot accommodate more than 15 people comfortably. Adelaide helped to complete this project and is now working on even greater improvements to the building!

Next month the community will work to install a Map of the World wall. Students will outline a scaled map of the world and then paint it in for everyone to see. With minimal access to view maps this will be a great way for both students and community members to get a better picture of where Burkina fits in geography. On the other side of the library, the community will install chalk boards for everyone to use.

We’ll try to get you more pictures and updates later…