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Mandla G. Padayachee
Keeper of the community outreach
- 🇿🇦 Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Richards Bay Reading Room
- 1988 to 2021
- English, Zulu, Spanish
For 33 years I looked after the shelves, the card catalog and the regulars at Richards Bay Reading Room.
Some of my favorite visitors were children who came for the heating and stayed for the books.
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What gifts mean to Mandla: Any gift will help me buy picture books for local families.
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- Hiền Mai ThaiFormer student🇺🇸
thank you for the reading challenge. I still read every day. Greetings from Buffalo.
- Taghreed Rasha CherifCommunity memberPhoto verified🇲🇦
You helped me research my family history in 2019 Greetings from Casablanca.
- Everett P. TurnerReader / listener🇺🇸
you put the perfect book in my hands when I was 15. Greetings from Sacramento.
- Mackenzie JohnsonFormer student🇺🇸
You helped me research my family history in 2024 Greetings from Fresno.
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