http://biblioworks.org Providing books and learning materials to those in need Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:51:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/beyond-access/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/beyond-access/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:46:38 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=2087 BiblioWorks is extremely happy to announce that we have been accepted into the international network of libraries and library organizations, Beyond Access! Beyond Access believes in the power of libraries to drive development and impact communities. It is an international initiative of different private and public organizations and currently has 30 members around the developing [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/beyond-access/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/artists-exchange-project/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/artists-exchange-project/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:48:06 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1946 Children learn the benefits of art We are happy to be teaming up with Inti magazine for our newest project. Thanks to the volunteer time of 14 artists in the U.K., we were able to raise over 5,000 dollars to benefit children in our Tomina library and kids who work in the city of Sucre. [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/05/artists-exchange-project/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/04/literacyinapril/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/04/literacyinapril/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:19:32 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1920 Promoting literacy in April! April has been full of activities, organized by BiblioWorks. Thanks to the funds we raised through our successful Indiegogo campaign we have been able to spread the joys of reading and literacy through a variety of activities. This is why April in Sucre is called “Abril: Mes de la Lectura y [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/04/literacyinapril/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/sustainability-in-sopachuy/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/sustainability-in-sopachuy/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:21:59 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1900 Sopachuy Library Sustainable in 2013! The library in Sopachuy, opened in April of 2008, will be our third municipal library that will be left in the capable hands of the community. From the beginning of the project in Sopachuy, the local government and leaders in education have supported the library and the reading programs run [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/sustainability-in-sopachuy/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/new-library-in-maragua/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/new-library-in-maragua/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:25:59 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1884 We are excited to announce yet another new BiblioWorks library. This, along with our other new library project this year, will be the 10th rural library that BiblioWorks has opened and supported since 2005. The new project is in the community of Maragua, approximately 40 miles from the city of Sucre. The community is inside [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/03/new-library-in-maragua/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/children-and-art/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/children-and-art/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:54:39 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1837 BiblioWorks has teamed up with two great projects, Inti and Cara a Cara, to be able to bring the joys of art to 31 children in Bolivia. Inti is a magazine produced by and for children whom, because of economic strains are forced to work. They sell the magazine in the city of Sucre and [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/children-and-art/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/literacy-festival/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/literacy-festival/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:12:29 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1795 Help spread the joys of reading in Bolivia Last year, the first ever literacy festival in Sucre, Bolivia, was organized by BiblioWorks. It was a huge success. Fifteen organizations and over 500 students participated in the events. Now we need your help to make the 2nd Annual Literacy Festival an even bigger success. This year, [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/literacy-festival/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/help-us-open-a-new-library-in-bolivia/ http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/help-us-open-a-new-library-in-bolivia/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:31 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1779 BiblioWorks to open 9th library in Bolivia! After all of our accomplishments in 2012, we are very excited about the new possibilities that await BiblioWorks in 2013. Our main goal, as always, is to put smiles on more children’s faces and give them books and libraries they can use to improve their education and their [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2013/02/help-us-open-a-new-library-in-bolivia/feed/ 1 http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/meet-angie-in-tomina/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/meet-angie-in-tomina/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:14:47 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1736 Angie is a twelve-year-old girl who lives in the town of Tomina. She lives with her grandmother across the street from the library. Unfortunately her grandmother doesn’t know the value of education and the positive impact that the library can (and is) having on Angie’s life; she doesn’t allow Angie to visit the library after [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/meet-angie-in-tomina/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/documentary-film-in-morado-kasa/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/documentary-film-in-morado-kasa/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:32:08 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1711 The past few months, BiblioWorks has been working with a local organization called Condor Trekkers and an organization based in Poland called Early Stage, to create a documentary video about the community of Morado K’asa. The main focus of the video is to highlight the lives of children in a rural, indigenous community in Bolivia [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/11/documentary-film-in-morado-kasa/feed/ 0