By Francisco Jose Alcaide | Regional Director
Faced with violence and gang activity, communities in Central America benefit from the access to information and programs offered by Riecken Community Libraries. As centers of community development and learning, they are considered neutral ground, providing some of the only safe choices and opportunities for the communities we serve. Please help us stem the tide of immigration through these stabilizing efforts.
Riecken Community Libraries help solve these problems, offering safe places where anyone can come to read, have access to information technology, and participate in dynamic programs relevant to the community. Our unique partnerships between local community, municipal government and the Riecken Foundation maximize all resources, including your contributions.
To help reduce severe educational deficiencies, Riecken Community Libraries’ influence goes beyond their own walls with mobile libraries. We provide resources, complementary programs and training to area schools and teachers to help improve the quality of local education. Trainings on the introduction of technology in the classroom and dynamic techniques for teaching reading have shown measurable results: Teachers are seeing the school performance of their students improve in math and Spanish.
An example how libraries change lives is Jesús from Xolsacmaljá, in Totonicapán. She said us: "I want to tell you that I participate in the group of laying hens in the library. Thank God we have learned a lot here because they help us learn many things; We already know how to make our profit and with the support they give us, we have found places where they give us more training so our animals do not die anymore.
I started with 23 hens as the project gave, but now I have 60 because I have saved as they have taught us. I also took out my loan, but I'm going to finish paying and may God bless you for the support you give us”
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