Creative Writing Workshop for Mpilo Youth

A creative writing workshop was facilitated by  'amaBooks for young people registered at the resource centre at the Opportunistic Infections Unit at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo. The young people are to write short stories that will be published by 'amaBooks. The 'amaBooks project included workshops facilitated by Fungai Tichawangana and Rudo Nyangulu on social media and photography, and by Fungai Machirori on creating and writing blogs, as well as two by 'amaBooks on creative writing.

World AIDS Day and a library at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo

World AIDS Day was commemorated at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo with the announcement of support from the US Embassy in Zimbabwe for the Opportunistic Infection Clinic Resource Centre at the hospital for young people living with HIV/AIDS - the only one of its kind in Zimbabwe. All 1500 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are registered at the clinic can take advantage of the facilities of the resource centre.

'amaBooks are helping to set up the library at the centre, which will include non-fiction and fiction titles, including those from Zimbabwe. As Ambassador Charles Ray stated in his speech at the event: "The pieces of literature will, we hope, inspire readers and broaden horizons." This project follows on from 'amaBooks' involvement in helping to establish reading groups of young people in the city.

A similar library is also to be set up in Matabeleland North, as part of Kariyangwe Mission Hospital's Home Based Care Programme.