The Moka’mwad citizen collective has joined forces with the Institut français de Maurice (IFM) to provide a travelling library that visits the neighbourhoods of Moka, from Helvétia to Saint Pierre and through Bagatelle every second weekend of the month. In addition to a large collection of books for children, teens and adults to read on the spot, the travelling library will offer monthly fun and educational activities with different themes. IFM subscribers will be able to return their books and borrow new ones without having to travel to Rose Hill, and non-subscribers will be able to take up a subscription on the spot.
This initiative launched in conjunction with IFM is inspired by a project carried out in New York, USA to make reading more fun and accessible to all. This is just what Moka wants to do. “We aim to make literature available to everyone in Moka. Instead of going to specific places, the travelling library comes directly to them, in their usual places of leisure. Avid and reluctant readers alike are invited to gather around the library. And I promise they will find a novel, a comic book, a documentary, a magazine or even an audio book that meets their interest!” says Ketty Lim Ka Lan, who is in charge of Moka’mwad.
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