Magellan Champlain (MC) launches ‘Little Free Library’
Book exchange programme to promote literacy amongst children
Magellan Champlain has launched a book donation exchange stations for children – MC’s Little Free Library, which aims to promote reading and literacy in children.
MC Little Free Library was inspired by MC Founder Sarrah Sammoon’s who said her company.
Magellan Champlain’s purpose was to celebrate freedom. Freedom means different things to each individual. For MC it means having options of living or working in any country where your highest potential can be reaped. Being a passionate reader and also Founder of SCOR Literacy Salon, she said, “Literacy also represents freedom – reading gives children freedom to go where they want to go in the world, and to seek opportunities. Reading expands minds and gives children and people knowledge about choices in the world.”
The MC Little Free Library will be set up in public places where children have easy access. The first stations were set up at the Sacred Heart Church in Rajagiriya where Sunday School children visit and also at the SubadraramaVidyayathanaya /Mulika Piriwena in Nugegoda. One of the stations was sponsored by a corporate client of MC’s Thimble Sri Lanka. Thimble Founder, Indira Tibblin, herself empowered women in a fishing village in Negombo to teach craft skills. She believes in self-discovery and independence and fully supports that literacy can be one way of doing that.
Anju Vithanage, MC Global Team Lead, said: “We have many talented Sri Lankans going overseas and making their businesses global and becoming global citizens. MC also has started providing scholarships for children to study at international schools when they have a dream of becoming a global citizen. Schools provide education books but the children often don’t have access to novels and other magazines. We want to give access for children to enjoy reading whether it be in English, Sinhala or Tamil.”
Head of Ops Attorney Tari Wijayapura who handles the Global Residencies and Citizenships by Investment and Ops at MC further indicated : “It is heart breaking to see many children who have never enjoyed a bedtime story. Stories inspire and change lives. They help children have hope. Magellan Champlain’s Little Free Libraries will provide this potential life changing experiences. Our libraries across the country and also educational scholarships will be sponsored by our corporate clientele.”