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UgCLA recently concluded a workshop on Libraries as Centres of Education and Development
held from 23rd to 24th February 2009. It brought together 25 participants, including one from a community library in Dodoma in Tanzania, and 3 organisations that exhibited information materials.
The organisations that displayed materials were: Mango Tree, The U.S Embassy Information Resource Centre, and The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO). Uganda Community
Libraries Association aims at establishing partnerships with like minded organisations to facilitate dissemination of information
in needy communities.
The Association also held its Annual General Meeting during the workshop during which it reported on activites and projects
being implemented. Such activities include:
- Small Grants Scheme in which 6 libraries were awarded US$ 1000 each ;
- Volunteer Scheme in which individuals are hosted by a community library and they support the library in turn;
- Library2Library Project where donors are identified to support a specific library thus establishing a unique relationship; and
- Forthcoming workshops.
The workshop also provided opportunity to launch an Essay Competition that will result in four libraries attending the
6th Pan-African Reading for All Conference to take place in Dar Es Salaam in August 2009. Interested members are required to
write an essay of what they consider to be the most successful project their community library has implemented.
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UgCLA strives to complement the Uganda education system and promote the development
of productive literacy practices by encouraging and supporting the growth of community libraries. It aims to
establish and maintain a network of libraries and to cooperate with national organizations of similar interests,
as well as with international organizations that are concerned with the promotion of literacy for development.
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