Library For Laos: Updates and Photos

Last week I received an email with photos from the crew at Big Brother Mouse in Luang Prabang, Laos updating me on the reading programs we funded through the Library For Laos campaign.

For those that don’t know, Library For Laos was a blitz fund raiser run by Ryan Graves and myself last spring to fund reading programs and book purchases in poverty stricken northern Laos. As a result and with the help of a local Laos non-profit called Big Brother Mouse, we were able to donate enough money to fund 6 reading programs and 6 mini libraries providing over 600 books.

I was in Laos at the time and documented the 1st reading program on the libraryforlaos.org blog, but below are photos of the remaining reading programs and villages funded by the campaign.

During these reading programs, students are introduced to the idea of “reading for fun” – a concept foreign to many of these children as they have never seen a book before or only have access to old school textbooks. At the end of the reading lesson, all of the children get to pick a book of their own to take home. In addition, a mini-library of books is set up at each school so students can swap out old books for new ones. Over 100 books are left at each school.

Thanks so very much to everyone that participated in the fund raiser last spring! We hope you enjoy the photos!

Village: Ban Sopcham