Books for Gambia 2019
Darwen Rotary has been collecting books from local primary schools to be sent to The Gambia
Books for Gambia 2019
The pile of books to be sorted and packed
Boxing the books
The boxes ready for dispatch to Gambia
Members and friends gathered to pack more than 2,000 books into boxes which have gone in to schools in the West African country which have none.
The town has long-standing links with The Gambia through the Darwen Spartans
Junior Football Club which made several trips there to deliver sports equipment
and is twinned with its town of Lamin.
Organiser Les Frankish, chairman of the club’s international committee, said:
“We had a marvellous response from Darwen schools when we told them about our
project".
Update 14th October 2019
BOOKS FOR THE GAMBIA PROJECT: THE ROTARY CLUBS OF BIJILO AND DARWEN
23 boxes of children’s reading books were received by the Rotary Club of Bijilo from the Rotary Club of Darwen for Tendaba School and other identified needy schools in The Gambia.
On Tuesday, 6th August 2019, the
books were presented to the National Library Services Authority for immediate
storage and eventual onward transmission to the identified schools.
Distribution will take place by endOctober now that schools have resumed from
the summer holidays and therainy season is ending,for ease of access to the
remote schools.
The media article in one of our widely read newspapers can be accessed online http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/darwen-rotary-club-of-england-donates-reading-books-to-gambian-schools
President of the Rotary Club of Bijilo, Head of the National Library and other Rotarians
On 21stSeptember,
a team of Rotarians stamped the books to show that they were donated by Rotary. 
Rotarians stamping the books
Plan
Short term:
- Some of the books will be donated to local schools in Bijilo where the Club is located
- Club members plan to join the National Library
in distributing the books to other Regions
- This Club shall organize free weekend reading
sessions for kids
- Stock the “Rotary Corner”, within the National
Library, that has been allocated to the Clubby our request
Long term:
- Collect and distribute more books to other
schools
-Organise visits to schools that have been
donated the books to monitor storage and usage
- Raise funds to support the National Library in
digitalizing the recording and lending systems as they are still using the
manual card system
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