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| on the way to the children's section |
Tuesday morning turned out to be eventful. Not only did the British Embassy formally hand over the books purchased for storytelling, but the $20,000 raised at a recent fundraising dinner hosted by the British Embassy was also handed over. The library has some cash flow again as the new committee inherited substantial debt from the previous management structures.
As I did not have my media card in my phone on Tuesday, the following pics are thanks to Chipo and give a sense of the event for you. Petina Gappah was central in getting the fundraiser going, Deborah Bronert the British Ambassador is there handing over books and check, Mike Curling the current HCL committee chair and the Harare Mayor too. I gave the vote of thanks at the end. Isn't the statue at the library just beautiful. The way forward now is to begin to plan and agree a calendar of possible events for reading and story telling and then mobilise around each branch to help that happen.
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| some of the books and story boxes |
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| Petina saying a few words |
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| the British Ambassador |
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| the fundraising cheque |
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| handing over the books |
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| HCL committee chair accepting the books |
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| my vote of thanks |
Small correction: The British Ambassador's name is Deborah Bronnert. Nancy Benham is one her colleagues who co-ordinated the donation.
ReplyDeleteThanks Roger, I love it that you are reading my posts :-)
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