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Editorial.
MAKE BOOKS AND READING SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.
“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a
bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to
investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization,
and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and
women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is,
along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human
progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full
potential.”
Kofi Annan.
September is Basic Education and Literacy
month and also my favorite theme month
because it’s a time when we come together to
further the literacy goal through the various
activities that Clubs in the District participate
in to further this area of focus.
Let us provide age and skill appropriate material to our
communities, encourage silent reading time and use literacy
to develop, adapt, connect and utilize our skills in our rapidly
changing world and let us make books and the reading culture
socially acceptable in our various communities.
Remember, the man who does not read has no advantage over
Literacy basically encompasses teaching and the man who cannot read.
learning, reading, writing, speaking, listening,
interpretation of visual representation among
other things. Generally, literacy is the foundation
for all world-based communication. We should
embrace and develop these elements amongst
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us and among the communities we aim to serve
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to be able to develop each other intellectually Rotaract Club of Kololo proudly sponsored by the Rotary Club
because students and communities use
of Kololo.
knowledge and skills for personal development
Rotary Connecting the World.
for example, opening up new worlds, promoting
confidence, building positive reading attitudes
and we all develop richer skills through
continued exposure to reading.
Sharone Kirabo Nakimera
Editorial team
DRR
Jacob
Sendawula
Country Chair
Noah
Nyabwana
District 9211
District 9211
Editor in Chief
Sharone K. Nakimera
Photography
Mark Maiga
Layout and Design
Joseph Y Matovu
Contibutors
Gerald Ssesaazi
Wokorach Jacob
Nyakato Bonabana A Emmanuel Lukeera
Suzan Temba
Mwanje M Marvin
Eva Sarakikya
Janeth Mgonja
Racheal R Niwagira
Nsubuga Denise
Kyampeire Prossliz
Pius Muhumuza
Nduhura Sam J
Kanyike Andrew
Sylvia Ntongo
Ali Khatau
Rose Kababikira
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