{"id":25597,"date":"2022-09-12T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/more-home-community-libraries-needed"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:33:17","slug":"more-home-community-libraries-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed","title":{"rendered":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community libraries to drive the country into a knowledge-based economy<\/p>\n

The global literacy challenge month, or reading month, also coincided with its local launch and runs through September. It was launched at GS Munini, Nyaruguru district, Southern Province on September 8.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Education, home and community libraries fit in this year\u2019s literacy day theme dubbed \u201cTransforming Literacy Learning Spaces.\u201d The call to promote literacy finds a 2015 survey that found that only 9% of Rwandan parents reported having ever read a story to their child.<\/p>\n

A survey conducted by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) indicates that 2% of Rwandan households have home libraries and access to books.<\/p>\n

Besides more needed efforts to increase reading culture in Rwanda, the<\/p>\n

Litteracy rate is improving steadily in Rwanda. In 1991, only 58% of the population older than 15 were literate. The number increased to 73% in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country aims to become a knowledge-based economy. Therefore, no child should be left behind. We must teach them how to read and write, at a very early age,\u201d Nelson Mbarushimana, Director-General of Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least, by primary three. Every child should be able to read. We have various adult literacy programs across the country. Please, take these opportunities, teach yourself, challenge yourself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

To improve the reading culture, the government and stakeholders have established several country-wide reading projects, for example through the monthly community work \u2014 Umuganda.<\/p>\n

Other projects include Save the Children Rwanda and Umuhuza Organization, under Mureke Dusome, a USAID-funded project.<\/p>\n

Patrick Musafiri, in charge of education at Save The Children International pointed out that there are inadequate facilities for reading infrastructures including community libraries and books.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasing the number of books in communities and schools is a work in progress. From schools, children should get other places where they can sit and read,\u201d Musafiri said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community libraries to drive the country into a knowledge-based economy The global literacy challenge month, or reading month, also coincided with its local launch and runs through September. It was launched at GS Munini, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17,28],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-25597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nMore Home, Community Libraries Needed - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Home, Community Libraries Needed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1401\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1401\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"More Home, Community Libraries Needed\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\"},\"wordCount\":349,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Culture and Art\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\",\"name\":\"More Home, Community Libraries Needed - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg\",\"width\":1401,\"height\":1401,\"caption\":\"More Home, Community Libraries Needed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"More Home, Community Libraries Needed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed","og_description":"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1401,"height":1401,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed","datePublished":"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed"},"wordCount":349,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Culture and Art","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed","name":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-12T14:27:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-12T14:33:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda has joined the world to celebrate Literacy International day with a call to establish more \u2018home and community li ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f431634a2f.jpg","width":1401,"height":1401,"caption":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/more-home-community-libraries-needed#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"More Home, Community Libraries Needed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}