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Villa Catalina Library

Books & Materials

The Problem 

Nicaraguans living in rural communities have little access to books and learning resources outside of their schools. We built a library at Villa Catalina and are stocking it with Spanish language books for children and young adults.  Its three computers serve all 116 families in the village.

OUR Approach

Amigos for Christ works with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education to build primary schools and employ qualified and motivated teachers. After 1 year, the Ministry of Education incorporates these schools into the national education system and assumes financial responsibility for the school. To compliment what children are learning in the classroom, we have a library where children can go to read and learn on the computer.

 Why
To the children of Villa Catalina, visiting the library is a special opportunity. We want to enrich their education, and provide as many books and materials to keep them excited and interested in learning.
 
The Plan

We want to expand the number of reading materials and upgrade the computers in the library.  There are unlimited possibilities to provide remedial adult education, supplemental reading programs for students and independent computer study programs for all ages.
Experience

The community has embraced the library as a learning center. It is a popular place for mothers to bring small children and read books. School students earn computer time by behaving in school. By having access to a source of books, the overall reading skills of primary students at the school have improved over the course of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUDGET  

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Our budget to provide additional resources at the Villa Catalina library depends on contributions.  We hope to put $1500.00 into this project in 2008.