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<\/p>\nOn January 20th, 2018 the ladies of SI Newtown excitedly began their upgrade project on the library at El Socorro Primary Government School. Their relationship with El Socorro began during their Literacy Day Project for 2017, when they selected this primary school as the recipient of several boxes of books donated to the school’s library.<\/p>\n
With a clear path in mind, the ladies of SI Newtown structured a plan, in two phases, and set out on a mission to Make Reading Fun! Their \u201cKnowledge Is Power\u201d concept was inspired by the mandate of Soroptimists to\u2026 Educate, Empower, Enable.<\/p>\n
The first phase, on January 20th, was aimed at completing the \u201cKnowledge Corner\u201d\u2014a space for infants to Relax and Read. This space was deliberately done to be visually appealing with bright colours. The club purchased, and installed brightly-coloured interlocking soft foam tiles; added a large bean bag at the corner of the space; painted a wall mural which consisted a huge tree (from floor to ceiling) with brightly-coloured leaves, a butterfly and the words \u201cReading Is Power”.<\/p>\n
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On March 17th they completed the library renovation exercise. With buckets of the new room colour, brushes, rollers, indoor scaffolding they moved all the furniture and books, painted the entire library, and added a message \u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s educate, empower, enable\u201d at the top of the wall which faces all who enter.<\/p>\n
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