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Bank of Valletta recently presented a selection of textbooks on design, video and photo editing, and other topics to the Mcast Institute of Art and Design in Mosta. The donation was made by BoV's corporate branding and quality manager Karl Spiteri to the institute's librarian Victor Vella.

Mr Spiteri remarked that over the past two years the bank had donated over €12,000 worth of books to academic institutions as part of the bank's corporate responsibility.

The bank also donated a number of books on various themes in Maltese and English to the Kalkara local council library. The donation was made by the manager of the bank's Cospicua branch Stephen Mangion to Kalkara mayor Michael Cohen.

Books Plus

Books Plus, Sliema, recently donated over 200 publications worth more than €3,000 to the Mcast's library and learning resource centre. They will be distributed in the six libraries spread across the college's institutes that are visited by up to 1,300 students, lecturers and staff each day.

The books deal with architecture, art and design, biology, building and construction engineering, chemistry, information and communication technology, philosophy, physics, physiology and sociology.

The books were donated by Books Plus and Audio Visual Centre Ltd director Simon Bonello to Mcast principal and CEO Maurice Grech accompanied by the college librarian Lawrence Zerafa.

Go plc

Go plc recently sponsored some intriguing story books for the school library at Hookham Frere primary school, Pietà, one of the educational institutions forming part of the San Ġorġ Preca College learning project.

The library is run by a team of dedicated parents who play an active role in enhancing the reading experience for children attending the school. In a relatively short time, the school has succeeded in introducing an avant-garde approach to learning. Housed in the extensive former gardens of late philanthropist and scholar, John Hookham Frere, the state school caters for children ages three to 10.

The sponsorship was presented by Go's manager for sponsorships and corporate social responsibility Maria Jourdan to school head Xavier Chircop during a visit to the school.