Tomina Biblioteca ‘Khiskaluru’ — Tomina is the newest BiblioWorks project, begun in mid-2010. We have been working hard this year, making contacts in Tomina and forming a strong library committee. The teachers and children of Tomina are very excited about the new library. We plan on inaugurating the library in February of 2011 when classes begin in Bolivia after summer vacations.
Khiskaluru is a Quechua word which refers to a type of cactus that only grows in and around Tomina. The legend has it that before there were people there, the land was only inhabited by the khiskaluru. The people of Tomina are said to be born of this cactus. We look forward to working with the people of Tomina to create yet another wonderful rural/public library.
The inauguration of the new library in Tomina