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Sometimes It's OK to Get Messy |
April 2010: Director/Founder Anne Moore is back in Kenya after seven months away in Scotland, working on fundraising and building international support for our work here in Kenya. On April 24, KidsLibs held a fun session of hand-printing at Kawangware, to decorate new canvas bags for our Little Hands, Big Steps early literacy program. We have received funding from Holy Trinity and St. Peter Legacy Group to expand this very popular program to all of our centers. Next step is filling the bags, and training staff. In Sipili, the new library building is nearly complete! Anne and Patrick went to visit the site on April 16th, and we are just waiting for the plaster to dry so the interior painting can be done. Hopes are high we'll open as planned on May 7th. The new and improved building is funded by Safaricom Foundation.
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Since returning from the UK, Anne has been based in Gacharageini, Murang'a district, overseeing construction, staff training, and community engagement for a new KidsLibs centre being built there with support from BookAid International. This project is sponsored by the local Catholic Church, but the library will follow the KidsLibs model of being open and inclusive of all residents!
Gacharageini is in a predominantly Kikuyu area of small-holder tea farms. Like all of our centres, we expect Gacharageini to have its own "personality" as it develops to serve the people in the surrounding area. KLT books are already here, and books from BookAid International will arrive in June, making a stock of about 5,000 to 6,000 books.
