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Nabirye Atieno Simiyu
Keeper of the literacy programs
- 🇰🇪 Kakamega, Kakamega, Kenya
- Kakamega Reading Room
- 2006 to 2024
- English, Swahili
For 18 years I looked after the shelves, the card catalog and the regulars at Kakamega Reading Room.
I kept a jar of spare pencils on my desk. A library should feel like a living room.
It has been a good run and I'm grateful for all of it.
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- Modou SarrFormer student🇳🇱
You helped me research my family history in 2012. Greetings from The Hague.
- Sofía L. RamosFormer student🇪🇸
you helped me research my family history in 2008! Thank you again.
- Meseret NegashReader / listener🇪🇹
You put the perfect book in my hands when I was 10. Greetings from Hawassa.
- Barış Taner KaracaFormer student🇩🇪
thank you for the reading challenge. I still read every day Greetings from Munich.
- Birgit HofmannReader / listener🇩🇪
You helped me research my family history in 2018. Greetings from Mannheim.
- Theodoros Lefteris AlexiouFormer student🇬🇷
thank you for the reading challenge. I still read every day. Greetings from Piraeus.
- Esteban M. SerranoReader / listener🇲🇽
You put the perfect book in my hands when I was 13. Greetings from Guadalajara.
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