Building a library is only part of creating a welcoming public space, a participant from Nepal tells ChildPress. People also need freedom to use it.
The speaker says cities with money, including Kathmandu, are working on shared spaces. But the interviewee is concerned that authorities may try to control these places too closely.
ChildPress asks whether mayors can help create communities that welcome children. The participant mentions Dhulikhel in Kavre as a place they have heard positively described, while expressing uncertainty about another local example.
The short conversation does not provide a full review of any municipality. Instead, it raises a question for local leaders: does a new building give children real room to read, meet and exchange ideas?
For the speaker, an open community space needs more than walls and shelves. How it is run matters too.