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Feb 06, Colombo: The Japanese people and businesses in Sri Lanka have gifted mobile library units to the internally displaced children in the welfare villages of Vavuniya in Northern Sri Lanka.
The Japanese Embassy in Colombo said 18 mobile libraries will be handed over to the pre-schools in Menik Farm in the Northern Province, with the assistance of the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare and Northern Province Governor, Major General G. A. Chandrasiri.
The mobile libraries are essentially a collection of picture books obtained under a program called 'Ali Pancha' which collects books from various authors and distributes them to the preschools that needed them most.
The Japanese Embassy in a release said the Japanese community in the country felt it was the best method to express their goodwill to the people in the affected regions.
The mobile library takes colorful picture books in all three languages, English, Sinhalese and Tamil, to schools so that every child gets a chance to read 25 to 30 books at a time. Children can borrow a picture book for a few days to read at home.
The mobile libraries have travelled to many preschools in Batticaloa in the East, Moneragala in the South and Embilipitiya and Pasgoda in the Southern Province.
The Ali Pancha Picture Book Programme has helped 350 preschools and 400 teachers across the country.
The program is intended to provide non-stressful experiences with picture books that allow children to explore and develop their language and literacy skills as well as promote multicultural understanding. It is also hoped that this will also promote parent-child interaction.
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