Knowledge Without Borders Project launched on first day of back to school

Sharjah, Jan 9, 2012 (WAM) - Knowledge Without Borders is planning to provide a library of Arabic books to 22,000- 24,000 families in the emirate of Sharjah over the course of this year. The move comes in line with the intensive concern of the organising committee of knowledge without borders to spread its main goal which is to encourage parents and children to spend more time reading and, with this aim in mind. Knowledge without Borders aims to further cement Sharjah's reputation as the Cultural Capital, through intensive educational programmes, as well as lectures, school and library activities. With the rise of the sun this Sunday morning the first day of school, the mobile library showed up at the alsalam kindergarten in Sharjah announcing the start of its activities for this year. It featured hundreds of titles for all ages to spread the culture and emphasis on reading to everyone. The mobile library will stay there for three days to keep the books in reach of everyone there for whoever wants to borrow and read at anytime. Figures of cartoon came along with the mobile library to provide entertainment to kids. The project also organised a readers club and a short story reading was done, in addition to a workshop to teach kids reading and literature concepts. "Kids are our main target and the programme of reading focuses on how to encourage young children to read and listen to their training, analysis and discussion and discover their interests and needs through the activities of reading stories", said Rashid Alkous General Manager of the project, indicating that reading as a human activity is one of the most important habits that elevate thinking, awareness of rights and evoke his personal experiences. The programme includes a number of events and visits to various places in the UAE.