http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2010/01/1000000-books-for-myanmar-libraries.html A conversation on global economic issues, ideas & data to help us all become better contributors to defeating the scourge of extreme global poverty Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/2010/01/1000000-books-for-myanmar-libraries.html/comment-page-1#comment-2905 john badgley Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:33:44 +0000 http://www.defeatpoverty.com/?p=154#comment-2905 Our first container arrived in January 2009. Thirty months later, we have delivered 550,000 books and distributed over 400,000 to more than 300 libraries in the delta and central Myanmar. Our partner, Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, has raised over $100,000 through book fairs in Yangon and Mandalay by selling a fifth of our donated books. Half of these funds were used to buy Burmese language texts and references books for distribution with our English language books. The remainder was used to rebuild or lease libraries in Yangon, delta towns, and villages severely hit by the cyclone. Our first container arrived in January 2009. Thirty months later, we have delivered 550,000 books and distributed over 400,000 to more than 300 libraries in the delta and central Myanmar. Our partner, Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, has raised over $100,000 through book fairs in Yangon and Mandalay by selling a fifth of our donated books. Half of these funds were used to buy Burmese language texts and references books for distribution with our English language books. The remainder was used to rebuild or lease libraries in Yangon, delta towns, and villages severely hit by the cyclone.

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