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® ellen Neube has tried for three
| years to start a library for the SOS
Children’s Village in Bindura,
Zimbabwe.
So far, she has 100 books.
| “Books are very expensive here.
| Not many people can afford to pay,
books,” she said.
“There’s nothing for the chil-
dren to read at home.”
When the children cannot prac-
tice their reading skills it is harder
\ for them to learn, Ncube
explained. Most are limited to the
textbooks in the classroom and to
their own written work.

“Tf they take enough notes, they
can read out of their notes,”
Neube said.

The 127 children in the village
Tange in age from three months to

“18 years. Most are orphans or
abandoned youngsters taken in by
the Austrian-based charitable
organization.

As director of the village, Ncube
oversees the operation of 11 five-
bedroom homes, each housing 11
to 12 children, an SOS mother and
an SOS aunt.

Each group operates as much
like a family as possible. Each
house mother has a food allowance
for meals and a clothing allowance
for each child. Donor sponsorships
also help defray education and
clothing costs.

Children are encouraged to
complete basic schooling. Scho-
larships are available for those

¥%.. showing academic promise, Ncube
qe said

The village’s primary school in
Bindura was built to house up to
j 900 students, so also serves chil-
| dren from the entire area. A secon-
dary school is now under con-
| struction. :
When the village was estab-
lished in 1982, a major challenge

Children’s village needs books

was finding women willing to act
as’ foster mothers.

“This is a new concept in Africa
of becoming a mother to a child
that is not yours,’ Ncube said.
Superstition led some women to
fear the child’s ancestors would
harass the foster mother.

The ladies have now proven
that is not possible,” Ncube said.

SOS Children’s Village also
operates two farms for children 15
kilometres from Bindura
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ayo, Masvingo, Mutare and Gweru.
The mstructional materials arc
now being prepared and the first
Tegistrations will be accepted in
1992, Louw said. Teachers will be
encouraged to register for Litraid
iN pairs Or groups, to counteract
the peer pressure expected when
certain classrooms suddenly
become livelier — and noisier.
“Headmasters believe the silent
classroom is the high prestige
classroom,” Louw explained.
Teachers may also be wary. of a
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Due to the rapid expansion of

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