Libros para Niños

Traveling anywhere in this country is an adventure—whether a 20 minute taxi ride or a 4 hour bus ride there are bound to be bumps along the way. Busses are problematic because they don’t have actual “stops,” people usually just wave the bus down wherever they may be. Once you get on the bus, you are really lucky if you get a seat. Most people stand and there are usually a few, more able-bodied boys, hanging off the back of the bus.

Yesterday Zeneida, the librarian from Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, and I traveled to Jinotepe, and the trip was no exception. We were headed there along with another librarian from Las Salinas and Steve, my future boss from FSD, for a meeting with Libros para Niños, a foundation that supports different libraries and schools in order to increase the level of reading among children. Although the trip to Jinotepe is only supposed to be about an hour, it took Zeneida and I a bus ride, a “microbus,” a taxi, and 2 ½ hours to arrive at our destination.

Together with the director from Libros para Niños, Zeneida and I were able to organize a workshop for the teachers, parents, and students in Tola that is scheduled to take place in early July. We are both really excited about the outcome of the meeting and we are excitedly awaiting the capacitación.