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This Mobile Toy Library is a program that offers low-income children ages 2 to 12 years a space to grow and learn by providing access to toys, books, and educational materials. It is funded by donations of money, toys, and educational materials. The World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) Mobile Toy Library started in Paraguay in 2001 with the help of the OMEP World Committee and has been working in low-income neighborhoods of Asunción and nearby cities ever since. Since it relies heavily on volunteers, the Mobile Toy Library moves from one center to another on weekends and is set up in community centers, churches, or schools. Before each visit, we go to the neighborhoods and explain the importance of play to the parents and other members of the community. Children from 2 to 12 years of age are invited through home visitsand posters.
The Mobile Toy Library was designed so it could be set up easily. All toys and materials are carried without difficulty in big duffel bags and boxes and transported in cars and trucks. Once there, the adults, OMEP members, volunteers, and university students arrange the toys in five different learning centers: Blocks and Manipulatives, Little ...