Community library in Egypt's Delta aims to spread culture in the remote area | ABS-CBN News

In a Delta village in Egypt's Sharqiya, dozens of children enjoy reading books and learning about science and technology, thanks to a community library established by a children books author and her uncle. Reem Nafie and her uncle, Hamdy Nafie, take care of the library in Kafr Abu Nafie village, which is part of al-Saf charity organisation, chaired by Hamdy Nafie. Reem said she wanted to create a space for children to better spend their time, amid lack of cultural services in the remote village, far away from Cairo where most of these activities are offered. "The library does not only welcome children, but it welcomes youth, women and even men... the library is capable to receive those who are ready to volunteer to teach the people in Egypt's countryside something that is unavailable to them and that they can't reach because of how far and centralized in the capital these things are," she added. Launched a year ago, the community library opens six days a week but every group of children are given slots twice a week to attend due to the limited space and big number of children. Reem dreams of establishing similar libraries in thousands of Egyptian villages and started developing a similar project in the Delta city of Mansoura. - Report from Reuters For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more Breaking News & Live Coverage videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgG2ln-vtKXb-oLlGEZc3sR For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmivfD9aJD-8k0SNcMqG2xdA Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #Egypt #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews