An excerpt from the GVFS Scholarship Program Report 2025…
Here is some information about our Libraries Program that we run and coordinate between some of our partner schools. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Geelong High School, Kardinia International College and St. Josephs College all support the setting up and development of library facilities in Viqueque by subsidizing the salaries of a librarian in four of our partner schools in Viqueque. The salaries range from US$1000 to US$1500 depending on the school and the number of hours the staff member works for. When I say libraries, you have to keep in mind that these are very basic facilities. They provide reading resources, study spaces, a centralised space for class sets. You look at the libraries in Geelong and we take so much for granted. In Viqueque internet connection for schools is virtually non-existent and computer systems are very basic, if they exist at all. But these spaces are a priority for many of the schools in Viqueque and we receive requests to support other schools in setting them up, but financially we just can’t commit to this.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is pleased to be a supporter of Viqueque’s Libraries Program.
Recent meeting of Librarians and Principals at Viqueque 1 and Mundo Perdido schools.