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The Caterpillar Project . . . 24 � June Baatjes and children with the Caterpillar box � (bottom) The carpenters and the box when closed June Baatjes has sent me these pictures of the Caterpillar Project which is now up and running. The unit pictures the entire library service for a town with a population similar to Barnsley – 70,000. �
. . . The Caterpillar Project Report from JUNE BAATJES (see also pictures) The gents are Clinton and his mate who did all the hard work. They did the specs and added the missing links. There are a few things I want them to improve on. It is 1.8 m high and the shelves accommodate larger books as well. It can house approximately one hundred books and I will have a large crate depot to replenish books. The colour is a bit dark and my pics taken with an ordinary camera may not be too great. I am documenting progress for the Adult Basic Education group who are using it at night and a very small school group who will use it at night. The place is called Koekenaap (a San word) and is a very poor rural setting. This caterpillar is the only access they have to books. The children were very excited. It’s just started due to me not having funding to pay for the box. This one is on castors and even I can push it. The children are from Koekenaap which is a farming area, where 60% of the adults are illiterate and only 30% of nine-year-olds can read. They are too poor to travel the 20 miles to the nearest library. The adults are nomadic as they earn well during the grape season which lasts three months and then move in search of work. This is a world's first and as I told you a pre-school one will be next. Please tell everybody who encouraged and supported us that the box bears the IFLA logo, I am hard at work to make this successful and document how it works by means of pics and a video I wish to show next year. Enjoy the IFLA conference, and Ian our heartfelt thanks for all your support. I will remember Thelma in my opening speech at the small launch we will be arranging at the end of our school term (end of September)’. Regards, June. In Memory Thelma Tate, who was a tireless worker for international mobile libraries, women’s issues, and equality for black and African people, sadly died in November and will be greatly missed. She was 71 and still working for the cause when she died. I have lost a good friend. Ian 25
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