Monthly Archives: August 2009

Rosmery Goes Back to School

Rosmery is one of our teen reading promoters who receives funding for school in return for her literacy work with children in her community. She is eighteen but just started high school this year because she had to drop out for a while to help her family. Her father has only a first grade education…

Continued Success

On my final day in Concepcion, Daniel Guzman (our In-Country Director) and I held a workshop for our teen reading promoters. I hadn’t worked with them as a group since February and it was so gratifying to see them speaking up more, acting as a group rather than six individuals, expressing their appreciation for the program AND making…

Puertas Abiertas

I visited Puertas Abiertas (Open Doors) today, a small children’s library in Santiago Atitlan that Reading Village has supported with donations of books. Puertas Abiertas is a project of Starfish One by One, they have several projects around Lake Atitlan that promote the growth and development of children. I am excited about the conversation we…

The Three Bears and Origami Boats

I had so much fun yesterday watching our teen reading promoters in action! They read stories, led the children at the daycare centers in song and dance and did arts and crafts. I am very proud of their progress. They are no longer nervous in front of the groups of kids which allows them greater…

International Book Fair in Guatemala

Daniel and I spent the day with four of our teen reading promoters who were able to come to Guatemala City to attend the International Book Fair. The kids had the proud pleasure of being introduced to our colleagues who do literacy work around the country, browse through all kinds of books, watch other storytellers…