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@IreneKirika2, our Executive Director, shared her powerful story with @Lillielily and @parentsafrica about how inABLE began and a vision for a more inclusive world for all adults and children with disabilities in Africa. #leadership

Regional director,Worldreader East Africa, Joan Mwachi shared some reflections from the ADEA Triennale engagement. The blog expounds on the need of developing and cultivating a reading culture in the family set up and how this achieved via Booksmart. worldreader.org/now/importance…

This week, Accra, Ghana was named @UNESCO's World Book Capital for 2023! 📚🇬🇭🎉

We are excited to announce that 23 young library leaders across 9 African countries will be participating in @YALLFellowship 2022 Cohort! They are joining the next generation of library leaders that will shape the #FutureOfAfricanLibraries Congratulations! #YALLF2022

Senior Manager,Content and Business Development Worldreader East Africa wrote an article on the role of books in Social-emotional learning(SEL) on BookNews by Kenya Publishers Association. Booksmart app helps to boost SEL among children through play-based activities embodied

Join @WorldreaderEA in participating in the #nairobiinternationalbookfair that will be held from 28th September 2022 to 2nd October 2022 at Sarit Expo Centre, Westlands Nairobi. This year's theme is " Publishing for the new era." If love books, this is the place to be.

Applications for the #StudyUKAlumniAwards are now open! 🎉. Apply to the 2022-23 Alumni Awards now. Join the ‘How to apply’ Teams Live session for applicants on Wednesday 7 September 10.00 UK time Register for free webinar 👉 bit.ly/3Bi2kv8

New publication on our recent work on #artivism and #medialiteracy. Thank you @JulianMcDougall for helping me see the connections and @anna_neag for co-editing the special issue this will be in! @CEMPBU @BU_Research @GCRF @BritishCouncil @bbcmediaaction @CogitatioMaC

A few weeks ago, we reached out to library users and the library community and asked them where they'd like to see Kenya 10 years time and their dreams for Kenyan libraries. We received over 400 submissions which we placed in a time capsule. Cc: @njokingumi #NBOLibraries

Powerful storytelling on the violence accompanying elections in Kenya from Boniface one of our Nairobi participants youtu.be/gCoT037Ml4c via @YouTube

Are you interested in making your library easily accessible?🤔🤔 Sign up as an Institution Data Guide via this link: bit.ly/LTInstitutionD… #LibraryTracker

Open call for #libraryselfie2022 starts soon! Learn more about the project, how to participate, and where to upload your libraryselfie. #Libraries #Books #AfricaReads

Congratulations to Our World Literacy Foundation Youth Ambassador, Lucien York! He was recognized as the @amazing_schs Amazing Person of the Day. #WorldLiteracyFoundation #WLFYouthAmbassador #Literacy #LiteracyMatters

ITS OFFICIAL! Applications open on Wednesday, 6th July. Stay tuned for more information with details you will need to get ready for the ACP-EU Culture Programme (EA): Ignite Culture, 2022. #igniteculture #eastafricaarts

Happening now. Join @WorldreaderEA Regional Director @jmwachi interview with @JainWambui on @KBCChannel1 youtu.be/KzIRoE1i140 #goodmorningkenya #womenattheforefront

Check this out, a new website created by Boniface, one of our Nairobi based storytellers… fact100.com

"Literacy is much more than an educational priority--it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the new forms of literacy required in the 21st century...." ~Irina Bokova

History in the making!

Great meeting with @ColinMcElwee today catching up with @WorldreaderEA news and latest developments in the world of Digi reading

This day next week, @Storymoja @AllforBooksKe will break a world record by bringing the largest gathering of Kenyan Children reading aloud at the same time. We are super excited to join as we also celebrate their reading in Kiswahili, the most widely spoken #Africanlanguage.