Establishing libraries. Promoting the joy of reading for pleasure. Observing World Read Aloud Day (WRAD).
Al Nisr Al Arabi Insurance sponsored us this Summer and some of their staff had the chance to join us on follow up FUNDAY visits to Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ Libraries which we set up over the past couple of years in all the Jordanian governorates. Today we went Read more…
With the support of Al-Nisr Al-Arabi Insurance and the participation of their staff we made a visit to another library, this time in Dhaher Al Saru, Jerash at the Jordanian Society for Human Development. The Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ library had been set up there since 2016 and received Read more…
Thanks to the generous support of Al-Nisr Al-Arabi Insurance and the participation of their staff we were able to organize a lovely visit with the children of East Arenba Ladies’ Cooperative Society near Madaba where we had set up a Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ library last year. Among the Read more…
This lively FUNDAY was dedicated to renewing children’s interest in a library set up by STEPS in 2010 in Sal near Irbid, sponsored by Mr. Osama AlSharif. Thirty children joined the quizzes, read and enjoyed discovering – or re-discovering – books full of fun stories and information. Thank you to Read more…
Thank you again to the main sponsor of the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative this year, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 Grant. The initiative includes the setting up of and follow up visits to 7 libraries in 7 governorates, as well as a donation of 125 additional books each Read more…
As part of the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative, made possible by its main sponsor Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 Grant, we had the chance to donate an additional 125 books to Al Huda Center in Jabal Nuzha (Amman) where we had established a library 3 years ago. Ten Read more…
The seventh and last – but NOT least! – follow up visit of the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative took place in East Areenba near Madaba at the Ladies’ Cooperative Society. Yalla Niqra has been made possible thanks to its main sponsor, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 grant, whom Read more…
Bal’ama, a small town in the Mafraq governorate, had received the very first Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ library in 2015. It was great to be able to return and donate an additional 125 books, thanks to the support from Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 grant. To mark the occasion Read more…
During our sixth follow up visit for the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative, we returned to the Bank of Healing and Health society in Ruseifeh in the Zarqa governorate. Children eagerly showed us their assignments in their notebooks and spoke to everyone about their favorite books. The sign-out book Read more…
As part of the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative supported by Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 grant, we re-visited the Women’s Charity of Naba Al Khalid in Tafilah to follow up on the library established there a few weeks ago. A group of eager children were waiting to show Read more…