Dear Lawrence,
Thank you for highlighting the plight of the Talking Book library. The
library opened a world for me when I thought the world of reading was
over for me and I remember even benefiting from a membership
scholarship put up by you Bwana Lawrence.
1. i wrote a proposal to American Embassy as a YALI Fellow for
equipments to convert the tapes to CDs but unfortunately did not get
the funds. However, i have been refered to the American Library at the
embassy and told that they can help us access their materials from
Talking Book Library if we are members.
2. A contact at USAID is helping in trying to get a link at National
Federation of the Blind - NFB in USA to see if Talking Book can
partner. May be some of you collegues could help fasten this process.
3. Please donate some of those CDs that you have finished enjoying so
that we can increase the content at the Talking Book library.
Kind regards,
On 6/15/15, George Kimani <george99kimani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let me join in sharing this concern. Personally, I was an ardent listener
of the talking books but sadly this technology is or has been by passed by
events. My suggestion would be an upgrade to bring cd/dvd talking books and
also add more value by including blind friendly movies.
As for the staff the KSB personnel can easily perform this duty. We can use
the same model where these books can be accessed on particular days.
SOPVID might want to discuss this issue further with the management. At the
end of the day we require a homegrown solution to our local issues.
Nb: I apologise for not been able to attend the meeting as I was caught in
an emergency.
-----Original Message-----
From: sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lawrence Mute
Sent: 13 June, 2015 10:37 PM
To: sopvid
Subject: [sopvid] AUDIOBOOKS LIBRARY AT KENYA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
Hello SOPVID colleagues
Some of you may over the years have gained both pleasure and knowledge
from audiobooks borrowed from the library housed at Kenya Society for
the Blind.
I am writing to ask all of us whether there is anything we might do to
save the library. In recent times, most members have stopped borrowing
from that library because the bulk of its books are on cassettes which
clearly is a dying technology. At the same time, the volunteers who
manage the library have gradually become fewer and fewer and very soon
that volunteer service too may come to an end.
The question I ask is: should we simply leave this service to die or
is there something we can do about it?
Thank you.
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Warm Regards
Lawrence M. Mute, OGW
Rights and Governance Consultant
Commissioner, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Chairperson, Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa
House No. 10, Laiboni Close, Nkoroi North Road, Nkoroi, Kenya
P.O. Box 557-00517
Nairobi, Kenya
Mobile phone: +254-721-647-899
Email: lamumu07@xxxxxxxxx
Skype: Lawrence.Murugu
Twitter: @lamumu07
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