Because today’s youth are most of the time glued to the screen of their mobile phones, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II is urging the young Dabawenyos to take a break from using too much of their cellphones and try reading books instead.
Rigo, grandson and namesake of former President Rodrigo Duterte and son of Davao City First District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte, said reading is necessary for learning as it unlocks the door to lifelong learning.
He also urged the young Dabawenyos to visit the Davao City Library and Information Center (CLIC), which provides countless resources, such as educational materials, scientific publications, etc.
Meanwhile, in celebration of the Philippine Book Development, CLIC continues its literacy campaign in the city’s far-flung areas through the Book Mobile Library’s “Magbasa Ta” program.
Aside from book-reading and story-telling activities, the Magbasa Ta literacy campaign also includes disaster preparedness and awareness orientation and film viewing.
CLIC-Book Mobile Library program head Arniel Enoc said the campaign will visit 10 other schools this month and will prioritize the most far-flung schools and barangays in the city with little to no access to public libraries.
Enoc said the campaign aims to encourage the love of learning in children as well as to re-acquaint young readers with the consumption of printed content, as most of them spent the past two years of the pandemic locked indoors, consuming online digital content.
