Book Trust Donates Books to Library Board
The Sierra Leone Book Trust (SALBOT) donated thousands of copies of books to the Sierra Leone Library Board at a ceremony held at the Library Room, Rokel Street on Wednesday 5th February, 2014.
In his remarks, the Acting Executive Director of (SALBOT), Dr. Alphaous T. Koroma, emphasized that books are a ladder of the progress of human beings as education is a key to development and contributes to the President’s “Agenda for Prosperity”. He informed all that the over 6,000 books cover History, Mathematics, Literature, Computer Sciences, Philosophy, Politics and several subjects relevant to schools and tertiary institutions.
Dr. Alphaous T. Koroma said that SALBOT has been distributing books to the Sierra Leone Library Board and other institutions of learning for more than twelve years. He said since the inception of the book trust in 2002, they have embarked in several book donation projects and thanked its partners the Saber Foundation, Book for Africa, CODE in Canada, School for Salone, Books without Borders, and Book for Africa.
Dr. Koroma catalogued a lot of challenges to meet with its objectives of book provision to help reduce illiteracy rate in the country especially shuttling of books from their store to various locations nationwide. He expressed his sincere thanks to Mr. Salieu Turay for his supportive role, the Ministry of Education Sciences and Technology and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
In his remarks the Deputy Chief Librarian Mr. Brima Kamara thanked the Executive Director for their usual support to the Sierra Leone Library Board and assured them that the books will be used for its intended purpose and urged other Institutions to help the Library Board achieve its objectives. The head of the Children’s Department Mrs. Theresa Wusha Conteh gave the vote of thanks.
Alhaji Mohamed Wusha Conteh
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