The document discusses activities at the Kitengesa Community Library in Uganda over the past year. It describes a performance by the library's band in September showcasing traditional Kiganda culture. It also discusses two health camps held in August and January to educate women and youth on health issues like cancer prevention. The library supports these cultural preservation and literacy efforts through donations, which it uses to pay staff salaries, obtain books and resources, and sponsor individual students' education costs.

1. Dear
Friends,
This
picture
shows
the
Kitengesa
Library
Band
at
a
show
it
put
on
for
us
at
the
end
of
September
last
year.
We
have
bought
instruments
over
the
years,
and
thanks
to
the
generosity
of
our
donors,
we
were
able
last
year
to
provide
a
few
costumes
for
the
dancers.
They
want
more,
of
course,
but
dance
with
gusto
nonetheless.
This
is
one
of
the
most
important
ways
in
which
the
library
supports
traditional
Kiganda
culture.
Kitengesa
Community
Library
March
2020
Most
of
our
activities,
though,
are
associated
with
more
modern
forms
of
literacy.
In
August
last
year
we
held
a
second
Women’s
Health
Camp,
funded
by
the
Heidi
Paoli
Foundation,
which
supports
education
about
cancer.
As
in
2018,
the
women
learned
about
cervical
and
breast
cancer,
in
particular,
as
well
as
general
health
care
and
nutrition,
and
they
looked
at
websites
and
played
games
to
reinforce
the
information.
Then
in
January
we
had
a
Youth
Health
Camp
which
covered
similar
ground
but
also
encouraged
the
participants
(13-­‐14
year-­‐olds)
to
read
and
do
research
on
their
own.

2. Participants
inthe2019
Women’s
Health
Camp.
Research
with
computer,
smartphone,
pen
and
paper,
Youth
Health
Camp
2020.
Ways
to
donate
1. Send
a
check,
in
US
dollars,
to
FAVL
(Friends
of
African
Village
Libraries),
P.O.
Box
90533,
San
Jose,
CA,
U.S.A.
Please
write
Kitengesa
on
the
memo
line
of
the
check.
2. Go
to
FAVL’s
website
(www.favl.org),
and
press
Donate
with
Paypal.
You
can
use
either
a
Paypal
account
or
a
credit
card
and
can
make
the
payment
from
any
country.
Please
add
a
note
that
it’s
for
Kitengesa.
What
your
donation
will
buy
$5 will buy one or two small storybooks
$10 will buy a school textbook or a flip chart
$15 will pay the night watchman’s salary for a month
$30 will pay one of the assistant librarians for a month
$50
will
buy
a
modem
stick
so
that
the
librarians
can
access
the
internet
$100
will
provide
for
one
library
scholar
for
one
year
$600
will
pay
for
newspapers
(two
in
English
and
one
in
Luganda)
for one
year.
$1000
will
support
further
education
for
one
library
assistant.
$1500
will
cover
the
costs
of
a
one-­‐week
long
health
camp
for
twenty
people.
We
have
also
managed
to
buy
some
books
over
the
past
month
or
two:
dictionaries,
sicence
textbooks,
storybooks
for
children,
and—a
new
venture—more
sophisticated
books
for
a
secondary
school
reading
group
that
we’ve
just
started
(they’ve
chosen
to
begin
with
Animal
Farm).
A
couple
of
friends
from
Canada
have
also
recently
brought
us
some
lovely
books
for
young
children.
Soon
we
hope
to
get
some
new
computers,
once
we
are
finally
connected
to
the
national
grid
and
have
raised
enough
funds.
But
the
most
important
use
of
our
resources
is
support
of
our
librarians
and
library
scholars.
Both
of
our
assistant
librarians
are
continuing
their
educations:
Muhammad
has
just
finished
retaking
his
A
levels,
has
passed,
and
is
thinking
what
to
do
next.
Moses
is
in
the
second
year
of
a
diploma
in
public
administration.
The
teachers
and
librarians
have
just
appointed
five
new
library
scholars,
who
help
care
for
the
library
in
return
for
their
school
fees
or
other
educational
costs;
and
there
is
one
other
scholar
from
the
School
for
the
Deaf.
It’s
a
lot
to
cover,
so,
as
always,
we
welcome
any
help
we
can
get.
We
welcome
visits
too,
so
please
come!
Kate
Parry
kateparry@earthlink.net