Giuseppe and Marisa Ruta,
Owners of La Bottega Italian Gourmet
Build a Library in Southern Vietnam
Prepared for: La Bottega Foods Corp.
Books provided by Room to Read on display in the library
Through our Literacy Program, Room to Read® partners with schools to address gaps across three
are critical to literacy learning: teacher training and support, quality reading materials, and chil
learning spaces. After assessing a school’s unique needs, we provide a tailored intervention
students have the resources and support they need to flourish. Following are details about Tân L
Primary School, and the targeted activities we have conducted to support the students at this scho
you for supporting our program and making these educational transformations possible!
SCHOOL PROFILE






PHOTOS

Name: Tân Long Hội B Primary School
Project ID: VN-LP-15-0104
Grades served: 1 – 5
Students: 151 (60 girls, 91 boys)
Teachers: 16 (9 female, 7 male)
Country: Vietnam
The new library
Region: Vinh Long
 City/Village: Tân Quy
LOCATION: VINH LONG
Vinh Long is a province located in the Me
region of southern Vietnam. The province
between the Hau and Tien rivers makes water
part of life for its 1 million residents, many of
on fishing the area’s abundant prawns and
subsistence. These waterways also create
fertile soil in the area, promoting a strong
system and the growth of exotic fruits. A lack o
infrastructure, however, makes many parts of
hard to reach and keeps remote populations is
reality poses a significant challenge to ma
strong education system throughout the prov
to Read has seen significant success in implem
LAUNCH REPORT: PAGE 5
programs in Vinh Long,
and provincial educati
have already taken steps to replicate our lib
more broadly throughout the province.
Prepared for: La Bottega Foods Corp.
Students enjoying the resources now available in the school library
Through our Literacy Program, Room to Read® partners with schools to address gaps across three areas that
are critical to literacy learning: teacher training and support, quality reading materials, and child-friendly
learning spaces. After assessing a school’s unique needs, we provide a tailored intervention to ensure
students have the resources and support they need to flourish. Following are details about Tân Long Hội B
Primary School, and the targeted activities we have conducted to support the students at this school. Thank
you for supporting our program and making these educational transformations possible!
Students enjoying the resources now available in the school library
Books provided by Room to Read on display in the library
A student enjoying one of the new books
PROJECT DETAILS
LIBRARY
LAUNCH REPORT: PAGE 4
Teacher Training and Support + Quality Reading Materials + Child-Friendly Learning Environment
Library Type: Separate
Separate libraries are established in a designated room of the school. This is either a room that has been
constructed by Room to Read, or an unused space such as a storage room or teacher’s office. This type of library
is designed to create a print rich environment that enables and supports the development of students' reading
habits. The room is stocked with books in addition to shelving, furniture, games, posters, and library stationery.
The furniture is designed to ensure children can easily see and access the books. The walls are covered in maps,
student work, and educational posters so that students feel at ease and welcome to read books freely. Students
The new
may visit the library to use the books and resources during break time, before
andlibrary
after school, and when
teachers bring students to the library during designated class periods.
LIBRARY RESOURCES PROVIDED
 63 local language books published by Room to Read
 400 non-Room to Read local language books
 Cushions/Mats; Educational Materials; Posters; Shelves; Stationery; Tables
LAUNCH REPORT
Library Management Training
Room to Read provides all librarians and teachers involved with our libraries with a minimum of three days of
training in the first year of our support, and one to two days of refresher training in both the second and third
years. These trainings build on each other and align with the library's stage of development. We also support
educators by providing direct coaching and program implementation feedback during regular library monitoring
OurWe
team
assesses
theyour
quality
of the library
a rating
the your
library
across for
16
childrenvisits.
broadly.
greatly
value
investment
in ourthrough
work and
make tool,
everywhich
effortevaluates
to leverage
support
Prepared for: La Bottega Foods Corp.
indicators.
Read staff
to determine
and type
support
maximum
benefit Room
for thetochildren
in use
the these
schoolratings
you supported,
andthe
farfrequency
beyond! With
yourofhelp
and we
thatprovide.
of partners
around the world, we can solve the challenge of illiteracy—in
our
lifetime.
Through our Literacy
Program,
Room to Read® partners with schools to address gaps across three areas that
are critical to literacy learning: teacher training and support, quality reading materials, and child-friendly
LIBRARY MANAGEMENT TRAININGS CONDUCTED
learning spaces. After assessing a school’s unique needs, we provide a tailored intervention to ensure
(Some
trainings
appear more than once if they were held for different stakeholders at different times)
SYSTEMIC
CHANGE
IN may
VIETNAM
students have the resources and support they need to flourish. Following are details about Tân Long Hội B
Start Date
Length (Days) TrainingPrimary
TopicSchool, and the targeted activities we have conducted to support the students at this school. Thank
you
our program
and We
making
theseworked
educationalto
transformations
possible!
Vietnam became Room to Read’s second country for
ofsupporting
operation
in 2001.
have
improve the
country’s
Book
leveling;
Creating
a
child-friendly
environment;
Importance
of
libraries
07-02-2015
4.0
school librariesPrepared
since then,
in 2015
succeeded in influencing Vietnam’s national education policy.
In
for: Laand
Bottega
Foodswe
Corp.
LOCATION:
VINH
LONG
SCHOOL
PROFILE
and
reading;
Library
management
December 2015, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education that launched a new
 Name: Tân Long Hội B Primary School
Vinh Long is a province located in the Mekong Delta
“Friendly
Primary
School
Library
Program.”
This
which
we
helped
plan that
and
design,
will Vietnam.
take Room
to location
 program,
Project
ID:address
VN-LP-15-0104
region
of southern
The province’s
Through
our07-15-2015
Literacy
Program,
Room
to Read®
partners
with
schools
to
gaps
across
three areas
Library
period
and
reading
activities
3.0
 Grades served: 1 – 5
between
the
Hau
and
Tien
rivers
makes
water
areRead’s
critical library
to literacy
learning:
and Vietnam.
support, quality
reading materials,
and child-friendly
model
andteacher
expandtraining
it across
The Ministry
of Education
will be using
Room to Read’s librarian an integral
 Students: 151 (60 girls, 91 boys)
part of life for its 1 million residents, many of whom rely
learning spaces. After assessing a school’s unique needs, we
provide a(9 tailored
intervention to ensureon fishing the area’s abundant prawns and catfish for
Teachers: 16
female, 7 male)
training model, library period curriculum, and library
establishment
practices to enhance school libraries in
students have the resources and support they need to flourish.
Following
are
details
about Tân Long Hội Bsubsistence. These waterways also create extremely
 Country: Vietnam
government primary schools nationwide.
Region:
Vinh the
Long students at this school. Thankfertile soil in the area, promoting a strong agricultural
Primary School, and the targeted activities we have conducted to
support
COUNTRY & GLOBAL LITERACY PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
 City/Village: Tân Quy
system and the growth of exotic fruits. A lack of sufficient
infrastructure, however, makes many parts of Vinh Long
SYSTEMIC
CHANGE: MONITORING
IMPROVING LITERACY
LEARNING BEYOND OUR PROJECT SCHOOLS hard to reach and keeps remote populations isolated. This
GLOBAL RESEARCH,
& EVALUATION
reality poses a significant challenge to maintaining a
VINH LONG
SCHOOL
PROFILEin our programs has allowedLOCATION:
strong education
system throughout
the province.
Your
investment
Room and
to Read
to demonstrate
higharequality
education
initiatives
with
Room
to
Read
conducts
ongoing
research,
monitoring
evaluation
to
ensure
we
providing
communities
with
the Room
 Name: Tân Long Hội B Primary School
Vinh Long is a province located in the Mekong Deltato Read has seen significant success in implementing our
measurable
results.
Our ability
to execute
programs at
scale
has gained
recognition
ofLong,
local
and national
programs
Vinh
and
provincial
highest
quality
educational
programs.
Thisquality
includes
collection
on the
each
of
our inprojects,
which
iseducation
then officials
 Project
ID: VN-LP-15-0104
region of annual
southern data
Vietnam.
The province’s
location
have
already
taken
steps
to
replicate
our and
library model
governments
as
well
as
other
nonprofits,
who
want
to
partner
with
us
to
promote
widespread
educational
policy
 Gradesto
served:
1 – 5 and improve the impact between
the Hau Following
and Tien rivers
makes
water
integral
analyzed
measure
of our work.
are
some
ofanthe
highlights
ourthe2014
Literacy
more broadlyfrom
throughout
province.
you for supporting our program and making these educational transformations possible!
 Students:changes.
151 (60 girls,
91 boys)
part
life forofitsthese
million
residents, manyfocused
of whom rely
curriculum
The
a highlight
of of
some
partnerships,
on improving literacy learning for
Program
analysis,
which
isfollowing
the mostisrecent
program
year
we 1have
completed
analyzing.
 Teachers: 16 (9 female, 7 male)
 Country: Vietnam
Library
Usage:
Average Books
 Region:
Vinh Long
on fishing the area’s abundant prawns and catfish for
subsistence. These waterways also create extremely
Checked Out perfertile
Library
soil in the area, promoting a strong agricultural
system
growth of exotic fruits. A lack of sufficient
 City/Village:
Tân Quy
Every
year, Room
to Read monitors how students and
usetheour
libraries,
infrastructure, however, makes many parts of Vinh Long
including how many books children check out during
the and
course
the populations isolated. This
hard to reach
keepsof
remote
poses a books
significant
challenge to maintaining a
year. In 2014, children checked out more thanreality
9.5 million
from
Prepared
LAUNCH REPORT: PAGE 2
Through our Literacy Program,