For Syed Najam, giving a hand to the community has always been a habit, and now Cochrane is next on his list. Beginning this spring, Najam and volunteers within the organization Love with Humanity have been building wooden book cabinets, installed on four-foot tall posts, and filled with literature from every language possible to create […]
Tomorrow (October 13) Cochrane will become the 6th location in Alberta to offer a little free multicultural library. Syed Najam, President of Love With Humanity Association says the group is hoping to launch these libraries in all towns and cities throughout Alberta. ” Love With Humanity makes the libraries themselves and says there are books […]
A free, multicultural library pop-up took hold of Chestermere July 7 to help encourage community, reading and a change of perception for the multicultural community in Canada. “Why don’t we have a place to sit together and enjoy, and then spread the love together?” asked Syed Hassan, library organizer. The library was another in a […]
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The committee behind a new free outdoor library project are doing their part to share the multicultural love in Cochrane. Members of the Calgary-based Love With Humanity Association gathered alongside friends, family and Cochrane and Rocky View staff outside the Family & Community Support Services building to unveil a free, mini multi-language book exchange/library. “We […]
Chestermere’s first Multi-cultural Free Public Library is up and running for all members of the community to utilize. “It’s a simple idea, take a book, read a book, return a book. People can take them whenever, it’s free for everybody,” said team member of the not-for-profit organization Love with Humanity, Syed Najam. “We decided to […]
CALGARY—Packed to the brim containing books written in Punjabi, Arabic, English and French, a row of three mini-library boxes are bringing together a community in Saddle ridge. With a table full of classic novels from around the world, lawn chairs arranged around them, and an area with drinks and snacks, Syed Najam’s front lawn has […]
کینیڈا میں فرسٹ ملٹی کلچرل منی لائبریری متعارف کروانے والے پاکستانی سید نجم حسن کی دلچسپ اور متاثر کن کہانی کینیڈا میں فرسٹ ملٹی کلچرل منی لائبریری متعارف کروانے والے پاکستانی سید نجم حسن کی دلچسپ اور متاثر کن کہانی۔ سید نجم حسن 2009 میں کینیڈا منتقل ہوگئے تھے۔ ادھر پہنچ کر سید نجم حسن […]
Families in the northeast community of Saddle Ridge in need of a hand up now have another place to turn. A free, mini food bank was launched Saturday, installed by the same charity group that set up free multicultural libraries in several southern Alberta neighbourhoods. The Love With Humanity Association is now nourishing stomachs as […]
Calgary-based Love With Humanity cut the tape on its mini food bank project on Saturday. Josh Ritchie reports on the group’s goal to help those in need and how they’re using a simple idea to make a big change.
A Calgary man is continuing his mission to make a difference in his community, all from a patch of grass in his front yard. Last year, Syed Hassan and his Love With Humanity Association set up a multi-cultural library outside his home in Saddle Ridge, helping the community connect with hundreds of books published in […]
CALGARY—The front lawn of Syed Najam’s home is like any other in his Saddle Ridge community in northeast Calgary, except for the wooden cabinets on the edge of his property, close to the sidewalk. The Calgarian built a free makeshift multicultural library last year and now two more cabinets have been installed. This time, it’s […]