Education Mexico Project #60934

Spreading the love of reading in rural Mexico

by Libros para Todos

Spreading the love of reading in rural Mexico

Project Report | Apr 8, 2024
This week only...

By Daniela Franco | Director

A girl receiving her book for the Big Read

Dear friends,

Thank you so much for helping us accomplish so much this year thus far! In the past three months we have been able to:

Start a Big Read campaign that includes 740 children from rural and marginalized communities
Implement one free workshop for teachers on best practices for spreading the love of reading
Continue bi-weekly visits to two different rural communities to tutor children
Sponsoring a writing competition for writers (ages 12-15) in San Miguel de Allende
Sponsoring a Poetry Slam event in Dolores Hidalgo

There is so much more we want to accomplish this school year.

Between April 8-12, we will participating in the Little by Little fundraiser for matching grants. This means you can leverage your impact by donating TODAY! Any donation up to $50 USD will be matched 50%. We would not be able to do what we do without your help so please spread the word! The less time we spend on fundraising, the more time we can spend with children and organizing literary events.

Best wishes to all of you. Thank you for your support and helping us plant the seeds of change.

Workshop for teachers March 16

Poetry slam in DH

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Dec 5, 2023
Happy holidays and thank you!

By Daniela Franco | Director

Campers reading between classes

Dear friends,

The end of the year is often a time to reflect on where we've been, what we've achieved, and to take stock of how we are doing. For us at Libros para Todos, it was been such a poignant and memorable year.

Thanks to your support of our project, we have achieved more this year than ever before.

For starters, we had TWO Big Reads this year, one with author Monique Zepeda and another with author Pedro Antonio Garcia. 600 students participated in each of those Big Reads meaning that 1,200 children each received a book they read and were able to meet with the author.

Secondly, our volunteers have been working diligently during the entire school year at 3 different rural elementary schools. They have been tutoring children who have fallen behind and have been reading to entire grades to help spread the love of reading.

Thirdly, we brought a team of 12 musicians and tech support from Mexico City to town to present an opera for children based on a book the children have read. This free event was attended by over a thousand people!

Fourthly, we converted a space in a rural community center into a children's library in the community Alonso Yañez. We thank Mila Villasana for designing the mural, John Chapman and David Ziff for making the bookcases and all the volunteers who put hours into making the space very special.

Lastly, we hosted three summer camps in August which directly benefitted 82 children. It was totally free and all courses were taught by professional artists. The children pleaded with us to keep the camp going all year :-)

We are so grateful for your trust and support and wish you a holiday season full of warmth and love. Muchisimas gracias,

Daniela

Opera for children in Dolores Hidalgo

Founder Susan Neulist and Richard Neulist

Volunteer Claudia working with children

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