Post Tagged with: "Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation"

7May
2012

Myanmar Libraries We Are Assisting

in About the Project, Libraries, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF
Myanmar Libraries We Are Assisting

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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2Apr
2012

RENEWED LIBRARIES PARALLEL RENEWED PARLIAMENT

in About the Project, Libraries, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF
RENEWED LIBRARIES PARALLEL RENEWED PARLIAMENT

When Nargis Library Recovery began we faced a very uncertain political landscape with possible closure any day. We jockeyed between D.C. and Naypyidaw with little confidence that either capital would allow our venture to progress. And we had no certain supply of books, with no funds to freight them to Yangon even if we got donations.  Three years later we have significant changes in Naypyidaw, much conversation in D.C. about which sanctions to drop, and how soon, plus an ongoing [...]

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19Feb
2012

Our Myanmar Books for Mandalay Libraries

in Libraries, Library Photos, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Photo Galleries
Our Myanmar Books for Mandalay Libraries

Popular LiteratureVery Library Needs These Stamping Before Giving

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31Jan
2012

Our Three Library Readers Workshops

in About the Project, Cultural, Libraries, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Sponsors

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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28Jan
2012

Monastic Schools for Orphans in the delta

in About the Project, Libraries, Library Photos, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Tour Reports
Monastic Schools for Orphans in the delta

I visited a dozen monastery-based schools where some of our English language books languish on shelves. Only a very few are used by advanced students; the vast majority of orphans and kids attending these schools have had no exposure to English, either spoken or written. All are gaining literacy in Burmese, but for those curious about literature, history or any knowledge beyond their basic texts [which cost between $1 and $1.70 for all required subjects], very few Myanmar language books [...]

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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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11Jul
2011

A Perfect Monday

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

Black Fridays are commonplace in this era of financial stress; perfect Mondays come much less frequently. Today achieved that stature because of five contributors: Professors Frank Ching and Barry Onouye, just retired after a career of teaching in the University of Washington’s Department of Architecture and donated a gaylord box filled with texts & references in their field; then Marc Piano located a potential donor with 300,000 books in England; and Carolyn Aamot, University of Washington’s Gifts Librarian, steered Ching [...]

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28Mar
2011

Library Opened in Thingangone

in Libraries

By David Leuthold Thingangone [thin’-gan’-goan’] Community Library officially opened December 14, 2010, the first library constructed under Nargis Library Recovery (NLR) auspices.  Previous articles have referred to the library as being in Labutta; Thingangone is in Labutta Township. Thingangone village is located in the southwest corner of Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River Delta, and was ravaged by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008.  Two small existing libraries were destroyed.  The village is the principal community on Middle Island, which has 40,000 [...]

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27Mar
2011

December 2010 Trip Activities

in About the Project, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Tour Reports

By David Leuthold Activities during Myanmar Trip, December 2010 Wednesday December 8. Arrive at Winner Inn about 5:30 pm Welcome Dinner sponsored by Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation (MBAPF) at Royal Garden restaurant at 7 pm. Guests included U Thaw Kaung, founder of Myanmar’s Library Diploma program, distinguished historian, patron of NLR project and father of Thant Thaw, Thaw’s wife Su-Su, Thant Thaw, his wife May Moe Nwe, Dr. Robert Taylor and Dr. Myo Myint (Cornell PhD, former Director-General [...]

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18Mar
2011

Letter from Billings Librarian to Myanmar Library Friends

in About the Project, Friends of NLR, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Tour Reports

Letter to Myanmar Library Friends February 10, 2011 Each of you asked if I would share impressions of Myanmar libraries and your efforts to assist them, formed as a result of the December tour. I’m sending these thoughts while the journey is still fresh in my mind, in hopes that there might be something of value to you, although I suspect that you will have already thought of and discussed most of these ideas. I focus on libraries in the [...]

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4Aug
2009

Newsletter # 6—August 2009

in Newsletter

This month was spent organizing ourselves, sorting our books, fund-raising, establishing our new Nargis business account, and setting goals for the fiscal year, commencing September 1. Our directors met July 18 at Allen/Jackie Bjergo’s Bitterroot ranch near Missoula, David/Carolyn Leuthold drove west on I-90 from their ranch near Molt, Montana, Jack/Sue Simpson flew from Hyderabad to their Coeur d’Alene home, then drove east on I-90; I bussed the same highway from Edmonds, Washington to Spokane to meet my nephew who [...]

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10Mar
2009

Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation

in Newsletter

Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation (MBAPF) was formed in 2001 as an arm of the Myanmar Book Centre and registered as a non-governmental and non-profit foundation. History The Myanmar people are devoted to reading, but many lack the means to buy books from outside the country, so we formed a group of librarians, scholars and writers to help meet the needs of our countrymen. MBAPF adopted the motto: “Supplying the world knowledge” to Myanmar. Myanmar has a very good [...]

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24Feb
2009

Devastation from Nargis Cyclone

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Devastation from Nargis Cyclone

On May 3, 2008, Cyclone Nargis completed its devastating sweep across the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar (formerly called Burma), passing directly over Yangon. No natural disaster has taken so many lives or destroyed so much habitation in Myanmar. This event resulted in 135,000 dead or missing and rendered an estimated 800,000 people homeless. Additionally, large areas of the country experienced huge infrastructure, housing and agricultural damage which will take years to repair. By any account, this was a catastrophic disaster.

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19Feb
2009

Second Container

in Donations

Thant flew from Yangon to Seattle to meet donors and arrange future shipments this past week. Thrift Books‘ CEO Hector Rivas offered one million books to our project, a portion of which will be sold in Myanmar to fund purchase of Burmese books to replace those destroyed by cyclone Nargis. The bulk of the second shipment will be children’s book, useful in all libraries for kids and adults trying to maintain English learned in school. Clair Jenkins, VP of UNITUS [...]

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12Feb
2009

Myanmar Book Aid On Right Track !!

in About the Project

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who had contributed all your time, effort and generous contribution to our project.  Coming to America made me see a bright future of our project.  During my visit, the following commitments have been achieved. Thrift Books have committed to donate any number of books which we can absorb.  I would like to thank  Hector Rivas for his generous commitment to fulfill our project.  Our Myanmar libraries will be filled [...]

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