In Rwanda, as we are still commemorating 100 days of the genocide committed against Tutsi in 1994.Today on 10th May 2022, in Kigali Children’s Peace Library in collaboration with George Fox primary school, we had a Walk To Remember activity together with children of the above mentioned school, we invited the local authorities who gave a brief…
Read MoreIn Rwandan culture, reading books is still not seen as an important skill or hobby to have. The Children’s Peace Libraries, run by TLC, are still working to improve the culture of reading and peace through different activities like: Peace debates, Read Aloud programs, encouraging children to read books about peace by themselves, and more. …
Read MoreAfter Christmas, the children at the Children’s Peace Libraries in Rwanda were so excited to return to the libraries. they were excited to explain how they had enjoyed Christmas and how they started the new year. This year the children are going to continue to do peace literacy activities and learn about peace through stories. …
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On November 19,2021, at Kigali children’s peace library, we hosted visitors from the Mennonite Central Committee(MCC)coming from different regions of the world. Our leaders appreciated the visitors and explained to them all activities available at the Libraries as well as the programs that are promoting literacy through reading books and peace building. the visitors participated…
Read MoreFrom September 28-29, newly printed books about peace from Africanstorybook.org were delivered to all of the TLC Children’s Peace Libraries in Rwanda. Friends Peace Teams (FPT) were very generous and offered to help cover the printing costs of all of these books. The books use language that the children will be able to easily understand,…
Read MoreDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were not happy because they were not able to come to the library to read books, and they did not get the opportunity to participate in the peace debates and competitions. However, the peace libraries allowed the children to borrow books before the lockdown started, so the children were…
Read MoreMONTH THE CHILDRENS RECEIVED IN LIBRARY OTHER ACTIVITIES April 2021 20/4/2021 we visited primary school GACURABWENGE to remind student to return books borrowed in the holyday .23/4/2021 AGLI coordinator visited us in the library. He appreciated Library workers and He reminded us of the responsibility for working better in order to build a cultural of…
Read MoreLibraries The children received in Library Other activities Kigali Reading in library Boys: 34 Girls:51 Total : 85 Borrowing books Boys: 6 Girls: 21 Total: 27 Reading Activities Between 15-20 students listened…
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