Since 2010, the organization Save the Children Fund has put into operation in Ethiopia the “Four-legged library”, bringing children camel books. Until recently, camels carried boxes of hundreds of books to be distributed to young children. Camels-libraries now run on solar energy: instead of printed books, they carry tablets with ebooks and solar panels when they visit villages every three to four days to allow the tablets to be recharged.
Camels have long been used to transport goods over long distances in the Somali region of Ethiopia. For 12 years, the program Save the Children’s Library For All uses 21 camels that on the back of each were with straps fastened wooden boxes with 200 books inside. Camels-libraries reached 22,000 children in 33 isolated villages. Now, tablets allow young children to continue their education as COVID-19 keeps many of them away from school.
“The aim of this initiative is not only to feed children with books, but also to ensure that they have access to stories in their own culture and language, reflecting their reality and cultivating a love of reading,” the organization said. “Through incredible subscriptions from Save the Children’s Library For All, children in remote communities in the Somali Region can now access a wider selection of stories stored on solar-powered tablets.”
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