Thanks for sharing Stephen. Actually, we should join them
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:24 AM, 'Stephen B. Alayon' via Filipino Librarians <[email protected]> wrote: > *Keeping libraries alive* > > > <http://www.rappler.com/business/special-report/world-economic-forum/2014/58537-global-shapers-manila-hub-libraries> > > http://www.rappler.com/business/special-report/world-economic-forum/2014/58537-global-shapers-manila-hub-libraries > > Young leaders in Manila are building libraries where they are most needed: > communities where books are still the lifeblood of learning > Jee Y. Geronimo > Published 12:04 PM, May 21, 2014 > Updated 12:15 PM, May 21, 2014 > [image: STORYTELLING. Kids can also enjoy storytelling activities in > libraries being built thru the Library Renewal Partnership. Photo by Jee > Geronimo/Rappler] > STORYTELLING. Kids can also enjoy storytelling activities in libraries > being built thru the Library Renewal Partnership. Photo by Jee > Geronimo/Rappler > > MANILA, Philippines – "Why do you build libraries? No one reads books > anymore,” Anna Oposa > <http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/domoreawards/finalists/41864-profile-anna-oposa> > is often told. > But what she is often told is far from what she sees in hospitals > <http://www.globalshapers.org/news/manila-hub-opens-library-philippine-general-hospital>, > prisons, and far-flung areas in the Philippines, where books can still > light up the faces of both young and old. > This is why the Manila hub of the Global Shapers Community > <http://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/manila/projects> – of which Oposa is a > part of – is building libraries where they are most needed: communities > where books are still the lifeblood of learning. > In 2012, the Manila hub joined the Library Renewal Partnership (LRP), a > public-private partnership that aims to build 200 libraries all over the > country by 2020, with at least one library per province, for 2 million > beneficiaries. > "The Library Renewal Partnership was looking for on-the-ground community > partners and we thought that it's a very good fit because [members of] the > Manila hub, we all grew up reading. I remember my mom would always make me > sleep early, and I would hide under the covers because I still wanted to > read,” Oposa, the curator of the Manila hub, told Rappler. > LRP opened its 65th library (12th with the Manila hub) in the Gawad > Kalinga (GK) Enchanted Farm <http://gk1world.com/gk-enchanted-farm> in > Bulacan on Tuesday, May 20, during the visit of Global Shapers from hubs in > East Asia. They are in the Philippines to attend the World Economic Forum > (WEF) on East Asia > <http://www.rappler.com/business/special-report/world-economic-forum/2014> > . > Some of the Global Shapers also donated their own books to the GK library. > [image: YOUNG LEADERS. Global Shapers from hubs in East Asia visit the GK > Enchanted Farm. Photo by Jee Geronimo/Rappler] > YOUNG LEADERS. Global Shapers from hubs in East Asia visit the GK > Enchanted Farm. Photo by Jee Geronimo/Rappler > > *Government, other partners* > “Right now the total number of libraries in the Philippines, out of 1,500 > municipalities, is around 500. We think that by putting 200 municipal > community libraries, what you are doing is bringing the total amount of > libraries past the halfway point. With partners like the World Economic > Forum and the Global Shapers of Manila, we'll get there faster. Our goal is > to innovate organically,” said Quintin Pastrana, founder and managing > director of LRP. > Aside from Global Shapers, LRP is also in partnership with local > government units (LGUs), schools, publishing houses and non-governmental > organizations. (READ: Where have our libraries gone? Part 1 > <http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/33-editors-pick-moveph/20820-where-have-our-libraries-gone> > | Part 2 > <http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/33-editors-pick-moveph/20842-concluding-part-where-have-our-libraries-gone> > ) > LGUs – which are mandated by law > <http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno7743.htm#.U3wNeFiSx68%29> to > establish congressional, city, and municipal libraries and *barangay* > reading centers – donate the building and facilities, and shoulder costs > for utilities, salaries, maintenance and repairs. > Other partners help provide the books and other educational resources > through donations and crowdsourcing. The goal is to gather 8,000-10,000 > volumes for each library, 60% of which should be Filipino publications, and > the rest, international publications. > "I think what's unique here is everybody pitches in, everybody gets the > credit – we're happy that everybody gets the credit – and at the end of the > day, the community is the one driving what kind of library, if they want > the library, and where they want to take it,” Pastrana told Rappler. (READ: > New > books, new hope > <http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/33-editors-pick-moveph/14682-new-books,-new-hope> > ) > [image: DONATIONS. The Global Shapers Community is a big help to the > Library Renewal Partnership. Photo by Jee Geronimo/Rappler] > DONATIONS. The Global Shapers Community is a big help to the Library > Renewal Partnership. Photo by Jee Geronimo/Rappler > *SEED Philippines* > The GK library – which was put together in just a month – comes as the GK > Enchanted Farm prepares for the opening of its School for Experiential & > Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Philippines in August. > "We're getting 80 of the brightest kids from the public schools in > Bulacan. Academic subjects in the morning, then in the afternoon they will > be mentored by social entrepreneurs, and weekends they work. It's a > learn-and-earn program,” Antonio Meloto, GK founder, told Rappler. > Meloto said SEED Philippines is a way to recover the “lost treasures” of > the country. > “Our society is so unjust. Half of the people who graduate from public > schools cannot go to college, and the most that we can think for them is > that they can become construction workers, they can learn how to be a > plumber. What about those who have IQ [higher than] those going to the > elite schools? So that to me is real poverty, when you lose your greatest > wealth which is the human resource,” he added. > LRP and the Global Shapers Manila hub are now working on their next > library in the New Bilibid Prison. Oposa listed down the characteristics of > an LRP library: > > - accessible to the community > - with a captured market, such as a pediatric ward > - well-ventilated > - well-lit > - with a wide variety of books that are age- and community-appropriate > > “Books are not dead, contrary to what other people might think, and a lot > of good learning still comes from reading books. Especially for far-flung > communities, they'll never be able to go to Paris, or they're never gonna > be able to go to England, but they can read Shakespeare, and understand > that there's a whole world out there,” Oposa said. *– Rappler.com* > > STEPHEN B. ALAYON > Data Bank Senior Information Assistant > Library and Data Banking Services Section > Training and Information Division > Aquaculture Department (AQD) > Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) > Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 Philippines > URL: http://www.seafdec.org.ph > Telephone No.: 63 33 5119170 to 71 local 409 > Fax No.: 63 33 5119174 > Mobile Phone No.: 63 919 4506688 > Email Add: [email protected], [email protected] > <%[email protected]> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Filipino Librarians" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. 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