Colorful Village
Promoting Literacy in Nepal (dipnote)
I recently spent a week visiting school libraries and meeting young female
scholars in the Tanahun and Kaski districts of Nepal. Traveling with Cain
Harrelson, Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, we
visited libraries established by the San Francisco-based NGO, Room to Read.
Just a handful out of the more than 10,000 established by Room to Read in nine
countries, the libraries were stocked with colorful children’s books in Nepali
and English. Children sat around low tables, some reading with intense
seriousness, others laughing with glee as they turned the pages.
The scene was one I couldn’t have even imagined when I worked in one of the
very same schools as a Peace Corps teacher of math and science 30 years ago.
Then, the only books available in the entire village of Ghandrung were
official textbooks, and the ones we had were old and tattered. The only
English language book in the village at one point was a well-read copy of _The
Story of Bruce Lee_, by his wife, Linda. Children’s books were non-existent.
Children were taught by rote memorization, and my efforts to introduce more
student-centered learning and hands-on activities were …
Aaron Malone – Colourful Girl in a Black and White World (Live)
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