by riecken_admin | Jun 22, 2013 | Central America, Guatemala |
In January the Community Library Rija’tzuul Na’ooj in San Juan la Laguna, Guatemala, inaugurated their business center thanks to funding from the BFB Foundation. This space is now providing the opportunity to local producers, such as weavers and artisans, to access...
by riecken_admin | Mar 17, 2013 | Central America, Guatemala, Honduras |
First of all we need to welcome three new board members, James Coyne King from Boston and Richard Strock and Sam Featherstone from the Silicon Valley. Check out their backgrounds and thoughts about working with Riecken Community Libraries here. In November many of...
by riecken_admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Central America, Guatemala, Honduras |
In early October five Riecken team members in addition to a government representative from both Guatemala and Honduras were invited to attend the Beyond Access 2012 conference, entitled Local Alternatives for Global Development: Rediscovering Libraries in Washington,...
by riecken_admin | May 28, 2012 | Central America, Guatemala, Honduras |
Community Event in Honduras During the weekend of May 19-20th the community of Copan Ruinas in Honduras closed the three year project with the Finnish Embassy of Central America. Over two hundred community members showed up at the town hall for talks and...
by riecken_admin | Apr 7, 2012 | Central America, Guatemala, Honduras |
Emerald Hills, CA,- April 7, 2012 – Riecken Community Libraries is proud to announce a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support their network of libraries in Central America. Riecken Community Libraries started more than sixty years ago...
by riecken_admin | Feb 20, 2012 | Central America, Guatemala |
A recent visit to the Riecken library, Biblioteca Comunitaria Rija’tzuul Na’ooj, in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala to see the progress of young girls who have gotten excited about reading, was very rewarding. Central America continues to have very high...
