Post Tagged with: "Gayle Holmes"

22Jan
2013

A Million Tourists: A Million Books

I live near Seattle where memories of the Alaska gold rush linger in our local culture. Myanmar this trip bore resemblance to those halcyon days. Travelers are coming from every corner of the world, some to test if  freedom is on the lips of citizens; others to explore  ancient ruins and natural wonders in a country finally deemed safe by guide books and once hostile “experts”, and global media pestering President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi after their [...]

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14Sep
2012

Minutes of NLR’s 5th Annual Directors’ Meeting

MINUTESOFBOARDMEETING5sep2012.doc   

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2Aug
2012

Donations: Nwe’ Kwe Library [$8,800] + Yangon/Mandalay Book Fairs [$10,000] for Burmese texts

We also raised $10,000 worth of kyats at book fairs in Yangon and Mandalay this past week. Thanks again for all your support and generous donation. With best regards, Thant

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31Jan
2012

Our Three Library Readers Workshops

Check out Jack Simpson’s blog following our Library Readers workshops organized by Gayle Holmes and Sue Simpson. I am grateful for financial support offered by the  Opportunity Foundation and the considerable effort by the leadership of MBAPF in organizing this pedagogical experiment in Bogalay, Yangon and Mandalay! Over ninety participants–librarians, teachers, administrators and monks–learned how to teach early readers through a method that invites children and readers alike to ease into English through imaginative games that Gayle and her husband, [...]

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