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17Feb
2012

Our Mandalay Book Fair Donations

in About the Project, Donations, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF
Our Mandalay Book Fair Donations

As you know from previous postings, we are able to purchase Myanmar language texts and reference books because of MBAPF’s success in staging book fairs. Two weeks ago Thant organized one in Mandalay’s newest mall, using lobby space rented from the owners at a sharply reduced rate. This kind of support from many Myanmar businesses really stretches our cash donations.  People who buy books at our book fairs are donating kyats so we can buy Myanmar language texts, dictionaries and [...]

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12Nov
2011

Myanmar Language Books Distributed

in About the Project, Donations, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF

As for average number of copies per title, it is about 5 copies per title. As for books, we donate both children and adult.  Below are the subject area that we usually chose. 1. Children Books – eg. books published by Ko Tar 2. Self-help books3. Livelihood books4. History and culture5. Politics and current affairs6. Fiction7. Non-fiction8. Magazine and Journals9. Exercise books, pencils and stationaries As for 2009-10, we donated 45,662 copies of titles.  So far, we have donated 58,334 [...]

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6Jul
2011

LIBRARIES FACE GLOBAL CHALLENGE, NOT JUST IN MYANMAR

in Libraries, Press

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/schools-eliminating-librarians-as-budgets-shrink.html

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5Jun
2011

Zero Funding for Libraries

in Libraries, Press

This article in today’s New York Times gets right to the point. Not only are Myanmar’s libraries in trouble, consider this little essay on the state of Boise High’s library! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/opinion/05doerr.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

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27Mar
2011

2011-2013 NLR Funding and Program Goals

in About the Project, Donations, Friends of NLR

  Report by our ad-hoc committee:  John Badgley, Roger Paget, and Jack Simpson, with appended comment by Dave Richards WE ARE A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION – AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF NLR’s greatest achievement may be simply “opening up” Myanmar to more involvement, showing that even with sanctions and the bad feeling between the US and Myanmar, a small lightly funded organization from the US can make a big difference. Our opinion is supported by these facts: We have developed constructive relationships [...]

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