SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—An estimated 2,000 poor but deserving elementary students of the far-flung villages of Pampanga will benefit from a project called “Library on Wheels” here.
A flagship project of the provincial library, the Library on Wheels recently visited 14 elementary schools in isolated municipalities that don’t have access to public libraries in their localities.
Provincial librarian Bessie Macabali said the project, also known as the “Bookmobile,” visits poor elementary students for three months “carrying the most important cargo in the world for them, which is education.”
Macabali said the Bookmobile, also one of the projects of Gov. Lilia Pineda, “aims to spread knowledge and library services and meet the growing needs of elementary students living without the benefit of a public library.”
The Bookmobile visits remote barangays in the last quarter of every year, when they are received by enthusiastic elementary students.
The provincial government also gives financial assistance to poor but deserving students who cannot afford their tertiary education. Under this program, indigent students are given cash incentives, which requires them to work in the Capitol during their semestral and summer vacations.