Edu-Care Foundation receives mobile library from Konica Minolta

The Edu-Care Foundation, a non-profit organisation that assists children in the foundation phase to improve their reading ability, has been entrusted with a mobile library that will provide children who do not have access to books in their schools and communities with the opportunity to improve their literacy skills. The fully kitted out Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has been converted into a mobile library by Konica Minolta South Africa.

"The mobile library is the first of its kind and will service the Gauteng area, ranging from the West Rand to the East Rand and even a school in Hammanskraal," says special projects manager at Konica Minolta, Laetitia Coetzer. She adds that it will also function as a study centre at certain rural area schools where there are no study facilities. The mobile library can service up to 20 schools a month.

Other organisations are involved

"As a Bidvest Group company, Konica Minolta South Africa has encouraged other organisations within the group to take part in the project. For this reason, Kolok sponsored the consumables for the printer in the mobile library, Bid Financial Services has insured the vehicle and Bidtrack will provide vehicle tracking, recovery and fleet management services," says Coetzer.

Konica Minolta has also donated a sum of money to buy books and a laptop to be used as a research facility for subjects such as history, science and geography. With the help of one of its suppliers it has also created cheerful artwork on the body of the vehicle.