1st Asian Festival of Childrenโs Content (AFCC) Philippines
November 15, 2023
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ inaugural conference is currently happening at #NationalLibraryPH organized by Vibal Foundation in partnership with the National Library of the Philippines, the National Book Development Board, Singapore Book Council, International Board on Books for Young People-Philippines (IBBY-PH), the Filipinas Heritage Library, and the partner consignors: Adarna House, Inc., OMF Literature, Inc., The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS), Lampara Publishing House, Inc., Anvil Publishing, Inc., Kahel Press and Johnny and Hansel Publications.
As the 1st Asian Festival of Childrenโs Content (AFCC) in the Philippines, this Circle aims to raise awareness and extend AFCCโs goal of promoting and developing Asian stories. Esteemed speakers from the education sector, publishing industry and libraries gave informative presentations to educators, reading teachers, and librarians to explore the first Philippine conference with the theme, โREAD!โ
Present in the conference are the heads of the different institutions and agencies includingโ ๐๐
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Speakers and attendees were able to share their experiences and raised their concerns regarding the literacy and reading programs of their institution and were more elaborated during the Panel Session titled, Fostering a Reading Culture which aims to explore strategies and initiatives to encourage and enhance the habit of reading. Panelists include ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฑ.
Several activities were prepared such as lectures, workshops and museum tours during the three-day conference at NLP which will run from November 15-16 and will end on November 17 with a tour at the Filipinas Heritage Library and the Ayala Museum.
A timely activity in celebration of the 33rd Library and Information Services Month, this conference will greatly increase the publicโs appreciation and value the role of books and libraries in the cognitive development of our children.
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