Maraming Salamat Po!

Last June 14, 2008, as the nation celebrated it’s Independence, the Towerville Community of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan celebrated another milestone - the reopening of the second community library called “Aklatang Bayan”.
Thanks to your help, the community’s dream for a center of learning became a reality. And with your continued support, it will remain […]

Aklatang Bayan Mural Painting

Thank you to Dang, Marielle, and Japs for their hard work and
creativity. Thanks also to Tomas Leonor, for contacting them. And to the
volunteers for being patient and enthusiastic throughout this entire
setting-up period.
Instant feedback from the kids, “wow, ang daming hayop!”
That brought to mind an idea… why not have face painting for kids on
June 14!
For the […]

More than words

Is what a library is about, especially when it’s a community-run library. 

At the Gawad Kalinga Aklatang Bayan (Community Library), the library users are also the library owners. It’s the product of their hard work and hope for a better future.

You can be a part of their dreams too.

They need books that […]

Library Design

Designed by Eduk, Inc.’s resident interior designer, AJ Mallari

Book donations

Dear Donors and friends,
Thank you for your generous donation of books for the Gawad Kalinga Community Library located in Towerville, Bulacan.
We’re happy to report your books have a new home and that they were happily received by the volunteer teachers/librarians there. The GK Community Library is a product of the hard work of volunteers who […]

Library Organization Workshop II

Today, volunteers were taught how to segregate books according to general subjects, not by the size of the book. For each general subdivision, a color code was assigned. This will help them arranged their collection. They were taught what an accession number is and where to put them inside the book and the importance of […]

Library Organization Workshop I

Today we started workshops for library organization for Aklatang Bayan volunteers. We discussed the importance of libraries and made vision and mission for the library. We also discussed what traits a librarian or a library volunteer must possess. We also did some role playing in order for them to know how to handle some difficult […]

New volunteers

Volunteer training for Aklatang Bayan started last Saturday, February 23. 14 participants attended the first workshop, majority of them from the youth. Hope to see you in the succeeding workshops/ trainings.

GK Aldaba Hills Opens 2nd library

Barely few months after opening their first children’s library, the volunteers from GK Aldaba Hills and Juan and Lualhati Cojuangco Foundation opened their second library in the community. The community still need volunteers to oversee the project every month and plan weekly or monthly activities in the two libraries. Please contact Mr Zak Yuson and […]