Calling for entries: Anwar (third from right) launching the competition.
THE Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Teco) in Malaysia and the Han Culture Centre Malaysia (Han) are jointly organising the “Malaysian and Taiwanese Folklores and Legends of Aboriginal Peoples Illustration Books Project” in conjunction with the 2020 Kuala Lumpur World Book Capital (KLWBC) and National Reading Decade.
This is a continuation of the successful “Ba-Ku Bersama” (reading books together) Mobile Library Project last year.
The “Malaysian Folklores Writing Competition” was also launched as part of the project officiated by KLWBC 2020 secretariat head Anwar Mohd Zain, and witnessed by TECO cultural division director Chen Kuan-fu recently.
Afrikids launches Mobile Library Project in Upper East
Afrikids Ghana, a child rights Non-Governmental Origination has launched Mobile Library project in the Upper East Region to complement Ghana Education (GES) efforts at addressing the academic challenges facing school pupils in this era of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
As part of the project implementation strategy, Afrikids Ghana in collaboration with the GES, School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parents Teacher Association (PTAs) have established community learning centres in the project Districts namely Nabdam, Bongo, Builsa North and South in the region.
The Afrikds Ghana Mobile Library project is under the Dynamic Approach to School Improvement(DASI) project, funded with the support of the Department for International Development (DFID) of UK and the Book Aid International, also a UK registered charity organization which provides books and supports libraries in Africa and around the world.