Improving Lives: Public Libraries in Africa, Europe, and Caribbean Win EIFL Innovation Awards

From EIFL:

The four libraries, in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, use digital technology and fun activities to improve lives in their communities by addressing development issues included in the
Congratulations to –-

• ‘Cercle de lecture et d’animation culturelle’ (CLAC), whose mobile library  service offers online mathematics and computer coding classes to under-resourced schools in Yaoundé, capital of Cameroon;

• Cyberiada public library, which has inspired children in the town of Elblag in Poland to take action to protect the environment through their environmental education service;

• Kaunas Municipal ‘Vincas Kudirka’ Public Library in Lithuania, which provides a dynamic and practical electronics, 3D design and computer coding education programme to motivate young people to take up careers in technology and engineering;

• Micoud Public Library in the island of St Lucia, whose computer and job-seeking skills training programme is building young people’s confidence to seek work.

Read the Complete EIFL Announcement
See Also: Learn More About the EIFL Innovation Award, Review List of Previous Recipients

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