http://biblioworks.org Providing books and learning materials to those in need Wed, 09 May 2012 19:17:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://biblioworks.org/2012/05/thanks-roxana/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/05/thanks-roxana/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:17:39 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1334 Roxana Guzman has been working with BiblioWorks for a year and a half. From the first moment she became part of our small team as a university intern, she showed a dedication and energy which is hard to find anywhere. There is not much more to say about Roxana except that she loves life and [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/05/thanks-roxana/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2012/04/first-ever-literacy-festival-in-sucre-bolivia/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/04/first-ever-literacy-festival-in-sucre-bolivia/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:05:07 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1298 The recent literacy festival (Saturday, April 14th) organized by BiblioWorks was a huge success for BiblioWorks and for the city of Sucre. We set out to organize the first festival of its kind, a day to celebrate culture and a day to celebrate literacy and reading. The feat of putting on such a festival tested [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/04/first-ever-literacy-festival-in-sucre-bolivia/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2012/03/pampa-aceituno/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/03/pampa-aceituno/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:07:58 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1204 This year has continued well for BiblioWorks with progress being made on a new project in Pampa Aceituno. This is a small, Quechua community in the municipality of Sucre, a few kilometres outside the city, and BiblioWorks is working there with the Bolivian state-owned petrol company YPFB.   At the moment, the structure of the [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/03/pampa-aceituno/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2012/02/meet-our-great-team-of-staff-and-volunteers/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/02/meet-our-great-team-of-staff-and-volunteers/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:49 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1197 BiblioWorks has had a very good January. We were excited about this year from the beginning; excited about creating new projects, training more people, providing more learning materials to children, high school students and communities in need. However, most of all we were excited about working together as a team, which has always been our [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/02/meet-our-great-team-of-staff-and-volunteers/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2012/01/happy-2012-from-biblioworks/ http://biblioworks.org/2012/01/happy-2012-from-biblioworks/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:03:33 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1190 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 [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2012/01/happy-2012-from-biblioworks/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/sexual-education-workshop-in-morado-kasa/ http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/sexual-education-workshop-in-morado-kasa/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:06:25 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1179 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 [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/sexual-education-workshop-in-morado-kasa/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/fundraising-event-in-asheville-north-carolina/ http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/fundraising-event-in-asheville-north-carolina/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:34:54 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1175 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 [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2011/11/fundraising-event-in-asheville-north-carolina/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/promoting-community-libraries/ http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/promoting-community-libraries/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:50:13 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1167 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 [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/promoting-community-libraries/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/sustainability-in-the-villa-serrano-library/ http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/sustainability-in-the-villa-serrano-library/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:25:10 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1162 This year BiblioWorks is focusing on making our libraries sustainable and leaving them in the capable hands of local governments and community leaders. By the end of 2011 we will leave behind the Municipal Library in Villa Serrano. BiblioWorks has worked in Villa Serrano since 2007 when the library was inaugurated. The library is a [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/sustainability-in-the-villa-serrano-library/feed/ 0 http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/adults-go-to-the-yamparaez-library/ http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/adults-go-to-the-yamparaez-library/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:42:51 +0000 Matt http://biblioworks.org/?p=1152 Recently BiblioWorks organized a day-long activity with parents whose kids visit the library in Yamparáez . Unfortunately we have not worked much with adults as most of the library users in all of the towns are children or high-school students. The activity involved a brief introduction to the benefits of literacy and education and then [...]]]> http://biblioworks.org/2011/10/adults-go-to-the-yamparaez-library/feed/ 0