Allen/Jackie Bjergo's Montana ranch hosts Nargis Director's meeting
Our container of 50,000 books landed in Yangon’s pouring rain, then trucked to Myanmar Book Centre and eased up tightly against the building. A forklift slipped two long tongs under each pallet, raising it inches off the floor, swiveling quickly and dashing into the storage room where day laborers clambered inside each giant gaylord box and passed books to waiting hands which deftly sorted them into subject categories. An efficient operation, it exhausted our volunteers and paid staff. They must sub-divide the great stacks into numerous smaller piles for bagging and distribution directly to town and village libraries, and set-aside books suitable for the upcoming charity fair to raise funds for Myanmar language titles. Thant assesses the books as being in good condition, unspoiled by two months of sitting in a container exposed to the elements during monsoon season.
Other happy news! A measure of our project is to consider our reach via blog and newsletters in terms of contributors:
- Auburn, WA– Hector Rivas, CEO. Thrift Books
- Bangkok–Correspondents Club
- Idaho—Jack and Sue Simpson
- Ithaca, NY—Greg Green, SEA librarian & Cornell Southeast Asia Publications
- Lake Forest Park, WA—Dave & Sharon Richards
- Lynnwood, WA– Corey Urbach, Manager, Halfprice Books
- Montana/Missouri—David/Carolyn Leuthold
- Munich– the Flea Market Ladies
- Seattle—Carolyn Aamot librarian and University of Washington Library
- Singapore—American President Lines, Myanmar Mariners Association & Lya Badgley
- Vienna–Daw Ah Win—UN librarian
- Washington, DC—Matthew Daley, US-ASEAN Business Council, Andrew Rice, Delegate,Federation of United Nations Associations
- Yangon— Myanmar Book Centre & Bernard Pe Win, plus over 100 anonymous donors at our February book fair
American President Line — Our newest corporate donor
American President Line has generously donated cargo space from Seattle to Yangon for six containers carrying 300,000 books! This is a wonderful addition to our supply chain for delivering the more than 1,000,000 books already donated to NLR in queue for delivery to libraries in Myanmar.
Administrative updates
- Nargis Library Recovery is now an NGO incorporated in the State of Washington. Our relationship with the Institute of the Rockies ends with our own 501-c-3 status, which we expect at year’s end.
- Director’s nominated include John H. Badgley Ph.d, Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung, David Leuthold Ph.d/CarolynLeuthold MA; Jack Simpson Ph.d, Dave Richards, Hector Rivas, and Allen Bjergo Ph.d
Loading...