Post Tagged with: "Sue Simpson"

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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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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27Mar
2011

December 2010 Trip Activities

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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