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25May
2011

Half-million books

This past week our 11th container shipped from Seattle bound for Yangon.  Thrift Books has fulfilled half of its million books pledge! May 3rd marked the third anniversary of Cyclone Nargis’ devastating pass across the Irrawaddy delta and Yangon. Family friends of a half-century were affected by this catastrophy, including U Thaw Kaung’s family who stepped forward to help libraries recover. Nargis Library Recovery is a personal response to aid villages, towns and monasteries;  after three years  I speak for [...]

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1Jul
2009

Nargis Library Recovery Update

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. 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 [...]

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