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100 books<br />
in Khmer and English<br />
381,500 pages <br />
read on our Library since<br />
December 2015<br />
4,729 readers <br />
on our Library via 5 schools<br />
and 2 mobile libraries<br />
“Since the project began students who<br />
weren’t previously active or enthusiastic<br />
in reading are beginning to come during<br />
their break times to read on their own.”<br />
- Grade 6 Teacher<br />
A student reflected in a survey after<br />
reading ‘Tok Tok Penh Born’, a Khmer<br />
book. “It reminds me most of myself and<br />
my family. It made me understand how<br />
tough it is for my parents to earn a living<br />
and get me to school.”<br />
CAMBODIA<br />
- Grade 6 student<br />
In partnership with the Asia Foundation’s Books For Asia, we made our digital library available in Cambodia in five primary schools, and<br />
two mobile libraries in late November 2015.<br />
To assess the need for our platform in Cambodia, we collaborated with Books For Asia on a small Book Availability Study. The purpose of<br />
this study was to measure access to reading materials at four sample schools. Results from the study demonstrated that on average,<br />
children at the four schools have access to approximately 14 books at home, of which only 15% are children’s books. This means that the<br />
majority of children have less than 3 books to read at home. <br />
Our Cambodian Library contains 50 books in English and 50 in Khmer, sourced from local publishers and NGOs.<br />
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