Hi folks!
Last December 2013 (I know, late post. Haha!), PROPharm conducted a library project in partnership with Coca Cola Foundation Inc., C&E Publishing, Inc. and Adarna House, Inc. Our beneficiary was Haven for Children, a DSWD center for street boys, located in Alabang.
Here are the "before" pictures:
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As you can see folks, they have a lot of donated books. And sadly, most of them are useless. :(
On our first day, we sorted out the books and started painting the walls.
We chose yellow for the walls to make the room look brighter. We had a hard time painting because we were totally clueless about it. Haha!
On our second day, we continued the painting.
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| Yep! That's me. Do not judge my painting skills! Haha! |
We also painted the black board and started to bring in the books. We weren't able to finish arranging the books in the shelves though because of time constraints. A volunteer school finished the job for us. Haha!
We also bought other materials necessary for teaching and for the library. And of course we bought books that're useful. :)
And the "after" photos:
Books are arranged according to subjects.
These are mostly story books and children's novels.
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As I said, they have a lot of useless books. I wanted to pull them out to give more space but since Haven for Children is a government institution, it's not easy to just pull out books.
We were also on a budget so as much as we wanted to buy more bookshelves, we just couldn't.
It was a fun experience though- being surrounded by books, renovating the library and making the kids happy. If there'll be another library project, I'd totally volunteer. I also plan to build my own bookstore/ library in the future. :)
That's all folks!