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In addition to the efforts of literacy programs, Mulindwa and others advocated the need for post-literacy programs to help build and maintain literacy skills and reading culture in
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African Library and Information Association and Institution. She also holds various voluntary positions at organizations that promote literacy and library services throughout Uganda.
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Literacy, what next? The challenge of sustaining a literate environment in Botswana". IFLA Council and General Conference, 66.
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Digital Bookmobile Pilot Project". Development of Literacy and Non-Formal Education Through ICTs. Uganda National Commission for UNESCO. 48-50.
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Documented Heritage – The Botswana Collection at The National Library Service". Botswana Notes and Records, 30, 177-180.
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