We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. BiblioWorks is excited about the New Year and improving our literacy and library initiatives in Bolivia and the Asheville, NC area. In 2011 we saw an extremely positive increase in donations and volunteer support. This steadfast support and interest tells us that our projects are important to [...]
In collaboration with CIES a local organization that works in sexual health and education, BiblioWorks organized a day long workshop with teenagers in the Morado K’asa library to discuss sexual education. In recent years pregnancy and STDs in the rural areas of Bolivia where BiblioWorks has built libraries have gone up dramatically. BiblioWorks believes that [...]
It was the perfect fall weather for a backyard party this past Saturday, Nov 5th in Asheville, NC. A clear night, stars, no wind, but indeed quite chilly. BiblioWorks’ board member John Carzoli was willing enough to let us use his backyard, and his family! Yes!, even the Carzoli family got involved in preparing 2 [...]
BiblioWorks has been working hard this year to promote each of our libraries in the communities. All of our libraries are public; however most of the people who visit them are children, high school students and teachers. This year we have been creating strategies to attract adults to use our libraries. One of our biggest [...]
