The reading booth installed in Largo da Mó, in Portimão, went into operation this Wednesday, May 12, in a partnership between the Altice Portugal Foundation and the Municipality of Portimão, whose motto is “Take, donate, read, return ” and intends to streamline Rua do Comércio, making books closer and more accessible.
The inauguration took place this early afternoon and was attended by the president of the Chamber Isilda Gomes, the councilor of Culture Teresa Mendes, and the executive director of the Altice Foundation, Ana Estelita. it aims to make people aware of the need to share reading experiences, encouraging trust, volunteering and sharing, through the exercise of citizenship.
The equipment, installed in an area with high pedestrian traffic and with shelves loaded with books, will be managed and streamlined by the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Municipal Library services and will operate from Monday to Friday, between 10:00 am and 18:00 pm, with no deadlines being imposed. delivery nor penalized the most delayed readers.
The rehabilitation project of old telephone booths by Altice Portugal assumes a concern in the areas of education, culture and social responsibility, combining with several strategic pillars recommended by the company, such as social intervention, innovation and proximity to people and local communities, by replacing calls for readings and the typical street phone for shelves with literary works.
The various existing reading booths from north to south of Portugal house hundreds of titles, including children's and youth literature, novels, detectives, cookbooks and biographies, among other genres, all of them offered by publishers, bookstores or by the local community and visitors .
Regarding the rules, which are quite simple, it is important to emphasize that each book will have a marker identifying the initiative, so that users remember their responsibility to return it, explaining that this project is collaborative and sustainable, as it depends on the users themselves. readers to continue to function.
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