http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2717 Comments for "Camel Mobile Library Services" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2717 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Kenya National Library Service<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="Camel Mobile Library Services" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/camel-library.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="www.knls.or.ke" TARGET="_blank">www.knls.or.ke</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> KENYA NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE (KNLS) operates mobile library trucks and two  Camel mobile libraries in Wajir and Garissa in North Eastern Kenya for primarily pastoralist people, who have no access to schools or static libraries.  In the Northeastern Province, the illiteracy rate is 85.3%, compared to 31% nationally.  <br /> <br /> Better-suited than a car to the terrain, the camel transports books to the nomadic communities from Mondays to Thursdays. From Fridays to Sundays, the camels are released to go and feed, recuperate and vetted for any signs of disease and treatment.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2717">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2717#comment Education Activity Active Consumer Government Activity Government Funded Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa Tue, 23 May 2006 12:20:25 -0400 _Alex Bloom 2717 at http://www.nextbillion.net