Greetings did not arrive quietly at Rumah Qur’an Ghaza on Saturday, 2 November 2024. The official account published by Universitas Jambi Library records the children answering the visiting English Club members together and in rhythm. The afternoon had found its energy before the lesson properly began.
The visit brought together two parts of one community programme: an English-learning session for the children and the completion of an open donation campaign planned for the period from September to November 2024. It was a chance for members of the English Club of the Universitas Jambi Library Unit to carry language practice beyond their usual setting and spend the day with a different learning community.
A welcome spoken aloud
Staff members and children at Rumah Qur’an Ghaza welcomed the English Club group on arrival. The exchange of greetings soon became one of the day’s early highlights, with the children responding as a group rather than remaining quiet observers.
Event Chairperson Arta Katifah then introduced the programme. She explained that the children would learn English through an activity that also offered prizes for correct answers. That small promise gave the session a playful edge while keeping attention on participation.
The gathering was not presented as a formal lecture. The official report describes children following the lesson, trying spoken English, offering opinions, and taking an active part in the activities. The lesson focused on practical introductory material: greetings, congratulatory expressions, and the English names of professions.
Those subjects gave the children language they could recognise and use. A greeting could be answered immediately. A profession could become a guessing prompt. A congratulatory phrase could be spoken aloud instead of being left on a worksheet. The source does not measure long-term learning gains, but it records a room in which the children were willing to respond and practise.
A campaign reaching its destination
The visit also marked the conclusion of an open donation campaign organised over the September–November period. The UNJA Library article describes the campaign and the English session as successfully completed, while its headline identifies the occasion as a donation handover at Rumah Qur’an Ghaza.
No donation amount or list of items appears in the official record. What the account does document is the connection between the campaign and the visit: planning led to a Saturday gathering where English practice and giving shared the same programme.
That pairing gave the day a clear shape. The language session invited the children into conversation, while the donation initiative added a practical act of support. Neither part needed an inflated claim to matter. Together, they recorded an English Club activity built around preparation, participation, and direct contact with another local learning space.
Learning beyond the library
For the English Club, the visit offered a concrete example of how a language community could move beyond its regular room. English remained at the centre of the programme, but the setting changed who took part and how the lesson unfolded.
The official account closes with the line, “Together we learn, together we grow.” At Rumah Qur’an Ghaza, that idea appeared in a simple form. Club members arrived with a plan, children answered with enthusiasm, and a donation campaign reached the day it had been working towards.
The result was not a grand claim about transformation. It was a warm record of one Saturday in Jambi when English learning became shared, audible, and closely tied to an act of giving.
Source
Official activity report — Universitas Jambi Library, 8 November 2024
