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Books Donation: 9000 Books Donated To 139 Educational Institutions

30 January 2020
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2020-01-30 16:03

The U.S.  Embassy  and  the  Asia Foundation  donated  over  9,000  books  to  139  educational  institutions  in  Myanmar. The donation ceremony took place at American Center in Yangon on Thursday.

The donated books will go to the institutions  in  Ayeyawady,  Bago, Taninthayi, and Yangon Regions, as well as Kayin, Mon, and Rakhine States. 

Recipients include university and community libraries, public schools, government agencies, and NGO and political party libraries. 

In  February,  a  similar  book  donation  event  will be held at  Jefferson  Center  Mandalay, and it  will provide more than 9,000 books to 146 institutions in Mandalay, Magwe, and Sagaing Regions, as well as Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, and Chin, Kachin, Kayah, and Shan States.   

The  Asia Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy and the Myanmar National Library, have been donating  new,  high-quality,  English-language  educational  and  children’s  books  to  Myanmar institutions since 2007. 

Over the past 13 years, the U.S. Embassy and The Asia Foundation have donated more than 280,000 books to libraries and educational organizations across the country. 

This year, the U.S. Embassy and The Asia Foundation are donating more than 18,000 books to more than 200 educational institutions in Myanmar.

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