Since the first solar panels were installed in July 2004 in Kitengesa, the library has been open until 9 o'clock each night. To provide for the longer hours, the library recruited students from Kitengesa Comprehensive Secondary School as Library Scholars. The library pays their school fees from the funds donors give us, and in return they work for up to ten hours a week in the library. In the process they learn a great deal, not only about books and about how to use a computer, but also about how to hold a job. In June 2007 the library instituted the practice of giving regular workshops for the scholars.
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