Rotary fills empty library shelves
Learners from Mokopane Primary school go through the new books at their library with Barry Fagan, local Rotary president. The books were a donation from the Rotary Club.
The Potgietersrus Rotary Club last week opened a whole new world of knowledge and learning to the pupils of Mokopane Primary school, by presenting the school with a gift of close to 5000 books
collected by fellow Rotarians in the USA.
Rotary Mokopane’s president, Barry Fagan, said the gift was made possible through Rotary International’s Humanata-rian Programme for Literacy. Through this programme Rotary Clubs collect books and make them available at centres in countries where they are needed.
In South Africa, there are two such centres. One in Bedfordview and one in Middleburg, Mpumalanga. Any school can apply for books and once it is vetted and approved by the local Rotary Club, that school can go and collect books at one of the book centres.
“In the case of Mokopane Primary, we were highly
impressed with the way the principal, personnel and pupils look after their school, which to us is a clear indication that they would appreciate and take good care of the books we give them,” Fagan told Northern News.
The school’s department heads accompanied Fagan to the Bedfordview Centre last week to choose the books it wanted. Among the books there is a complete Britanica Encyclopedia set.
To date, more than 100 schools in South-Africa have benefitted from this initiative.
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