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 Around 30 schools in the Gwanda District get Book Boxes in the  begning of the School Term. Each school year is devided into 3 parts. In every  box  there are around 250 diffrent books at different levels. Some are in Ndebele but most of them are in English.  It is very popular to recieve the book boxes and they are very much used during the school year. It is a hard job to go through all the boxes, mend broken books and replace worn out ones. It is always welcome to get as many new books as ever possible. In the beginning we thought of creating book depots out in the district. Then we would not need to  transport the boxes to far. At the moment I dont know how far that  idea is fulfilled. Now boxes are sent into the main library in Gwanda to be repacked  and retund out to schools in the region again, which in this way get library books. A lot more books wil be needed. When a box reach a school one of the teachers  will be responsible for the box  with books and how it is used.

This way of working with the students reading skill and get them to love reading does not differ over the world. But in my daily work as a school librarian in a small town in the south of Sweden, it is much easier. One reason is that money are put aside for buying library books for the students and also that we have a lot of books given out in Swedish every year.

With greetings from me, sitting out in my small garden filled with roses in full bloom. It is 9.10 in the evening and still you can sit here and read in near full day light.
Kersti