Reading at Nyariga Community Library

From Clement: We read a story book entitled Bolga by bus, author of Dr. G.A. Agambila, with adults at the Nyariga community library together with the Librarian. The story book talks about how enthusiastic the little boy was desperately wants to know his father’s hometown and he sets on a long journey to find his father who abandoned his mother many years ago. His journey takes him through the cultural and physical landscape of Ghana. He finally meets his uncle and grandmother. He became familiar with the towns in Ghana from Accra to Bolga and experiences especially the 780 kilometre journey. We also learned a Glossary of Non – English and special terms in Africa such as Akpeteshie, Akpeleh, Amani, Dansika, Saagibor, Tanya, and Tuo Zaafi and many more. Chiefs names in Bolga from 1843 to current Chiefs.

Recent activities of Ghana library coordinator in Upper East

Due to the heavy rains we have been experiencing almost daily, I distributed six raincoats to staff: one for myself, two for the librarians and one for the security guard at Sumbrungu Community Library, and two for the librarian and security guard at Nyariga Community Library. Today, Mr. Evans and I visited Nyariga Community Library, where we joined the newly acting librarian to clean the library. We also mounted educational and learning materials on the walls to make the library more attractive and welcoming to patrons. 

From Clement, Ghana library coordinator:

Dear Michael, Please  today patronage  successful with massive number who were able to read individually with their own books they brought from the house such as mathematics books and copybooks from school. In the afternoon I engaged them read a story which entitled “Why monkeys looks like men”. The story is that, long ago there was a great famine on the whole world because there was rain, so the King asked each and every one to gather their food stuff to the palace so every morning everyone will go for their share till a time that the famine will be over meanwhile the King kept some strong men to guard the food stuff for supply but one day the guards decided to stole some of the food stuff without the King’s notice.The next day King find out that some of the food stuff have missed and inspect the barns and caught the guards the put in charge of the food stuff, they suggested the should kill them but they King said he will teach them a lesson that they will never forget, then he went inside his room and brought out substance and sprinkle it on them and  behold, all the men turned into monkeys.when this happen ,they felt shy to go home and they decided to go and live on trees in the forest. Moral lesson:We should not take advantage of opportunity given to you to misbehave.

Séance d’encadrement des élèves du primaire

Dans le cadre de ses activitĂ©s de renforcement et d’encouragement des lecteurs, la gĂ©rante de la bibliothèque communautaire de BĂ©rĂ©ba Zoumbara OuohilĂ© a menĂ© le 15 juillet 2026, une sĂ©ance d’encadrement de 03 filles au sein de la bibliothèque. AssistĂ© par l’animateur de ABVBF, l’objectif de la gĂ©rante Ă©tait de rafraĂ®chir la mĂ©moire de ces lectrices sur les règles Ă©lĂ©mentaires de la lecture notamment le respect de la ponctuation et la liaison. Ces jeunes lectrices biens motivĂ©es ont choisi un livre adaptĂ© Ă  leur niveau. Une lecture Ă  tour de table fut faite par les participantes ; ensuite une lecture Ă  voix haute. La gĂ©rante de la bibliothèque et l’animateur ont assistĂ© les participantes pendant la lecture et corriger les diffĂ©rentes lacunes constatĂ© pendant la lecture. Ă€ la fin de la sĂ©ance, les participants Ă©taient satisfaits de cet encadrement.  

Animation d’une séance de lecture guidée à l’école Sainte Thérèse de Jésus

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Dans le cadre du rapprochement du livre aux lecteurs et leur encourager Ă  lire, l’animateur de la Bibliothèque Mobile PĂ©nĂ©lope (BMP) Sanou Adriano a effectuĂ© une sortie le 16 juillet 2026 Ă  l’école Sainte ThĂ©rèse de JĂ©sus. Il a Ă©tĂ© assistĂ© par l’animateur de ABVBF BouĂ© Alidou.  Au cours de leurs activitĂ©s, ils ont reçu des jeunes lecteurs venus pour lire et participer aux jeux Ă©ducatifs. DivisĂ© en deux groupes, les jeunes lecteurs ont lu plusieurs de bandes dessinĂ©es sous la supervision des deux animateurs. Ils ont saisi l’occasion pour corriger les lacunes et expliquer les mots difficiles aux jeunes lecteurs. Ils sont partis fiers d’avoir appris un tant soit peu au cĂ´tĂ© des animateurs de la BMP.

Achat de livres de nouveaux pour le Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba/CLEB

Le Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba est situé à Béréba dans la province du Tuy. Il est un véritable espace d’acquisition du savoir, de découvertes, d’amélioration de capacités intellectuelles et culturelles. Il est par excellent un lieu de préparation des concours et de la prochaine rentrée scolaire. Il est ouvert au grand public. Pour répondre un temps soit les sollicitations des usagers et encourager les communautés à le fréquenter, le coordonnateur a payé lors de séjour dernier à Ouaga, des livres d’auteurs africains d’une valeur de vingt mille francs CFA. Ces œuvres permettront d’élargir le fonds documentaire dudit Centre. Pour rappel, consacrer un petit temps de lecture par jour permet d’améliorer ses connaissances et d’éviter le stresse. Le coordonnateur des activités de l’association Amis des Bibliothèques de Villages du Burkina Faso (ABVBF) invite toutes de communautés de la commune de Béréba à fréquenter le CLEB en ces temps de vacances, car une population qui lit est une population qui progresse.

EIFL Public Library Innovation Award: Innovative public and community library AI literacy training programmes

The 20th EIFL Public Library Innovation Award, for outstanding and innovative public and community library Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy training programmes is now open for applications. EIFL is seeking innovative public and community library services that help people to advance their technical skills, think critically about AI outputs, and enable responsible and safe use of emerging AI technology and tools.

The prize is US$1,500, a trophy and wide publicity through EIFL’s global networks.

  • The deadline for applications is 26 October 2026
  • We’re accepting applications in English, French, Russian and Spanish.

For full details of the award and who can apply, see https://eifl.net/ia20

Daytime session at Sumbrungu Community Library

Photos from Sumbrungu community library where had group reading and discusion based on a story we read Hanatu, a seamstress learns to read. Patrons discussed who a seamstress is, what was her aim was, and how she was able to achieve her aim through English literacy classes.