Posted on October 30th, 2008 in: Malawi, Programs
We sat around the table in the middle of the library. It was a stifling hot afternoon and our discussion centred on the need for a fan to make the room more conducive to readers, something that the town council agreed to provide. There were six library users, boys and girls ranging in age from [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2008 in: Malawi
Despite the long journey to get from Ottawa to Lilongwe, it is jarring to arrive in Malawi. Travelling through the central part of the country from Lilongwe to Blantyre, I am conscious of the contrast between Ottawa’s autumn landscape and Malawi’s dry season of parched earth. The land is almost completely deforested except for fruit trees and [...]
Posted on October 17th, 2008 in: Local language Publishing, Programs, Reading Promotion
Today is International Day to Eradicate Poverty. On my way into the office this morning I was thinking about how the books CODE publishes today provide for generations to come. More broadly, literacy provides the tools for a person to find their own way in life — education is the most cost efficient thing that can be done in the [...]
