Direct library assistance means individual libraries we are helping; Redistribution Libraries means centers sustaining distant town & village libraries through mobile delivery via boat, truck or bullock cart.
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Direct library assistance means individual libraries we are helping; Redistribution Libraries means centers sustaining distant town & village libraries through mobile delivery via boat, truck or bullock cart.
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I visit Myanmar annually, more often since our Nargis Library Recovery started, usually accompanied with a few friends and interested newcomers. The tour remains very economical and the country has more regions open to learners than any time in the past half-century. A daughter of an adviser to this project arranges details and pricing for each trip through her travel agency, which is independent of the government, a start-up she created by franchising with Exotissimo, an Italian global agency. I [...]
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Photo of gaylord box with texts in our next container shipment for this May. Most of us know nothing about ‘gaylord boxes’ so this offers a view of how 1000 books [plus or minus] fit in one gaylord. Forty-four gaylords constitute a full 40 foot container. We expect to continue emphasizing children’s books until Thant and our librarians change priorities. Our second largest category is trade books, both hard and soft cover NYT best sellers. Specialty categories make up [...]
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