JANA MKAPA AZINDUA TAASISI YA 'LET'S READ TANZANIA’

Rais Mstaafu wa Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa leo ameizundua rasmi taasisi ya Let’s Read Tanzania inayojihsihusha na kuhamasisha wananchi wa rika zote desturi ya kusoma vitabu kwa manufaa ya kukuza na kuongeza maarifa. Uzinduzi huo umefanyika kwenye maktaba kuu jijini Dar es salaam. Tazama picha za uzinduzi huo.

Dancers kutoka THT wakitoa show katika uzinduzi huo

Faraja Kotta akizungumza katika uzinduzi huo

Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa akiongoza majadiliano ya umuhimu ya kusoma vitabu

Benjamin W. Mkapa akisoma kitabu

Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa akiwa na January Makamba

Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa akiwasomea vitabu wanafunzi katika warsha ya Lets read Tanzania iliyofanyikia maktaba kuu Dar es salaam

Mkapa akizungumza na watu walioudhuria warsha ya uzinduzi wa Lets read Tanzania

Ulifika muda wa kugawana maarifa kwa njia ya kubadilisha vitabu

Wanafunzi wa Jangwani Secondary School wakiwa wamezawadiwa vitabu vya Nyota Yako kilichoandikwa na Nancy Sumari

Wanafuzi wa shule mbalimbali waliohudhuria uzinduzi huo

Kutoka kulia ni Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa, akiongoza majadiliano ya umuhimu wa kusoma vitabu katika uzinduzi wa Let’s Read Tanzania

Majadiliano ya umuhimu wa kusoma vitabu yakiendelea

Mauzo ya vitabu mbalimbali yakifanyika

January Makamba alipata nafasi ya kubadilishana maarifa kwa njia ya vitabu

Miss Tanzania 2004 Faraja Kotta, akiwa katika uzinduzi Let’s Read Tanzania

Miss Tanzania 2005 na Miss World Africa, Nancy Sumari akiwa katika majadiliano yaliohusu umuhimu wa kusoma vitabu

Nancy Sumari akichangia mada ya umuhimu wa kusoma vitabu katika uzinduzi wa Let’s read Tanzania iliyofanyikia katika maktaba kuu Dar es salaam

Nancy Sumari akiwasainia vitabu vya Nyota Yako, wanafunzi

Picha ya pamoja ya Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa, January Makamba na waanzilishi wa Let’s Read Tanzania

Rais mstaafu Benjamin W. Mkapa akibadilishana kitabu katika uzinduzi wa Let’s Read Tanzania

Kuhusu Let’s Read Tanzania

Let’s Read Tanzania is an initiative that started more by default than by design. It was the result of a Twitter discussion that Tanzanians were not reading, or at least not reading enough. The discussion was around how the reading culture had just disappeared. The main question was then what do we do! Initially a few of us started exchanging titles of books we had read, commented briefly on the books we liked and hey presto a movement had began.

Am always reminded of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Critical Mass and that once you get a certain critical mass around a certain issue, the dynamics will change. In this case there was much more discussion on books and reading on twitter, followed by the hashtag LetsReadTZ. There were more discussions about books and the need to inculcate a reading culture. It was felt that nobody could be forced to read but the aim should be to inspire Tanzanians to read and hence the Lets Read movement with this interactive website.

This platform will enable people to exchange books, pick their favourites, hold forum discussions and donate books. It

 is my hope that we will use the Lets read platform to encourage all Tanzanians to read a bit more.

 

KARIBUNI