Government Libraries & Information Group
 
 

Hikkaduwa Library Project closure

The Government Library and Information Group project to support the renovation to provide support for the library community in Hikkaduwa and to raise funds for library renovations, facilities and replacement stock is now complete.

 
 

We are very grateful to all our generous supporters for what we have achieved.

The before and after pictures below show just some of the changes.

Hikkaduwa library as seen outside
The flood-damaged library shortly after the Boxing Day tsunami 2004
piles of soaked archival stock
The piled-up damaged stock in the library after the tsunami
Damaged stock, a close up of dirty papers
More damaged stock in the flood-damaged library
New furniture, purchased with GLIG funds, in the children’s library
New furniture, purchased with GLIG funds, in the children’s library
newly renovated library, people reading papers in the popular newspaper room
The popular newspaper room in the newly renovated library
Librarian with the new stock
The librarian with new stock in the newly renovated library

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