Despite my looooooooog absence you have not stopped reading my posts- how awesome is that!
Thank you! It is already well over 5000, don't stop! Keep sharing and talking. Harare City Library needs you ALL.
Now, I have not been doing nothing...so much has happened for the library. The roof is fixed, the space is upgraded, the computer center is live and online.
You really must check out our Facebook page- there are pictures and updates of all the changes, events and more. I have been an Editor on that page this year (now Admin) and we moved from 200 likes to over 800 likes (yipee). Please like us on Facebook, bloggers :D
https://www.facebook.com/Harare.City.Library
We have residual building funds we need to spend before December (or lose the balance). We have a local consultant librarian in place from August to December (just 5 months) to get the systems up an running- book stock, KOHA, procedural manuals and more. Fingers crossed on that one. Its a big uphill.
We still have to buy new books (not enough but gee, modern books, awesome) and the publicity drive is hotting up! We are also gearing up to receive some books from Doris Lessing's personal library- like WOW! We need to make sure systems are in place before they arrive.
In addition, I ran the ZImbabwe International Book Fair Children's Reading Tent for the third time in a row this year- what fun. My next post will be all about that one.
And very soon, we are hosting Zimbabwe Fashion Week- now, tell me we are not moving with the times, our old, hopeless library is feeling hopeful once again. All from a small group of library member volunteers.
What we need now is more members to pay their $20 membership and use the library and pay their subscription fee each quarter. All librarys need some core funding (it's nation building man!) and so public/private/philanthropic funders who believe in the power of a library to transform a nation, nurture our young people and empower everyone to create their own opportunities are invited to help us.
Are YOU that person?
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Zimbabwe? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Zimbabwe in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely