This morning WFF had a meeting to set future goals.This came as a result of the rapid growth in the current use of our library:- in the last 4 months we have 1,200 active library users and even the study room has become smaller! Most of the users -expecially children - are coming from far away, and at times, (since we close at 6 pm), they arrive home late as they need to use the library for study daily.
We have resolved that we make an effort to seek for a willing donor who can help us in the future to open another library at Kamitha area, closer to most kids who comes from far away.
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Should this goal succed then we shall still call the library as KAWANGWARE KIDSLIBS CENTRE 2. The landlord at the existing centre has raised the rent of the library to Ksh 15000 from 12,000/-
which we did not expect.
By fund raising will we will be able to sustain our existing centre and even to start thinking of getting a donor who can help us buy a plot for the current library.
Bookclub ... second meeting!!
We had our second bookclub meeting at Braeburn school. The children have been reading The Outsiders by H.E. Hinton. Their second book is Burn My Heart by Beverley Naidoo. All of the books are focusing on the theme of reconciliation in view of local events since the 2007 general elections.
Membership
We now have a membership of over 1,200 since opening at the end of January!
Pen Pals Club
Susan Phillips is running this, currently only at Kawangware. Girls from our centre are writing to other children in the USA - a girls scouts group, talking about their likes and dislikes, their dreams etc. We will see how this goes before introducing at the other centres!
