Education The library

The school of the village is a school with reading assignments. All the children have a book they chose by themselves so they can read for the sheer pleasure of it, not just books where they have to answer some questions and use to study for exams. The teachers are encouraged to read and borrow books. Books must be something evident. That's why there are always viewable books in the classroom, accessible to children. At the pre-school and school in Nakamtenga the oral reading is a compulsory assignment on a daily basis for every group. Vi are using advanced reading strategies that the children can have use of for the rest of their lives. Daily reading stimulates the linguistic development and inspires to write on their own.

Our focus is on finding books written and illustrated by people from the region where the library is located. so that the children can identify themselves in the pictures and be able to refer to their own reality by the stories they read. Our priority is non-fiction books associated with the schooling. The teachers responsible in the library are there in place to supervise the visitors on choice of books and how they should deal with with them for a longer lasting.

In the library the youths have a quiet place to do their homework and a possibility to get help with their assignments (Many youths in the area can not afford buying their own textbooks, which aggravates the possibility to do their homeworks) but even to read for the sake of "travelling" through life and around the world. We have the saturday matinee film for the youngest children and film evenings for the older ones. We are having a dream about organizing book clubs, arranging edit-a-thons, and illustration workshops with native and international writers. And also organizing courses for various craftmanships, both traditional and innovative.