By Paco Alcaide | Regional Manager
For rural communities in Central America, opportunities to change the life one is born into are hard to find. But for those who learn to read and enjoy a love of books. something powerful can happen, that takes them places never dreamed of.
At Riecken Community Libraries, our library users gain new skills and become linked to each other, to ideas and to opportunities – powerful tools for improving their communities and strengthening their participation in the bigger world.
Women and children are given opportunities to strengthen their leadership and information literacy skills in their communities. By having these doors of discovery opened, they are able to bring about positive change in their rural communities.
For over 20 years, Riecken Community Libraries have offered access to information, leadership development and a safe place to learn and grow in some of the most under-served communities of Guatemala and Honduras. These libraries help:
• Create lifelong readers
• Bridge the digital divide in Central America
• Support someone’s first hands-on computer experience
• Provide dynamic library programming and community
outreach
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