More education in early childhood can help communities out of poverty
The Riecken Community Libraries Network on the International Literacy Day According to the First Steps blog1, from Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents (father and mother) read aloud to their children from...
Technology Beyond Click: Riecken libraries forming educational communities in Honduras
Through the EFA Program (Education for All), Honduras has committed to achieving a minimum yield of 70 percent in the subjects of math and Spanish for 2015. According to the latest academic performance report, the average percentage yield in Spanish (reading) achieved...
Art of Writing at the Riecken Community Libraries
The Riecken Foundation believes that the single most effective way to promote the spirit of discovery is through the promotion and pleasure for reading and writing. Individuals who possess the spirit of discovery have the capacity of trying new things, starting new...
A new community library in Central America
On February 24, 2014, more than 300 people from the community witnessed the opening of the new Community Library “World of Knowledge” in the town of Parramos, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. This is the 65th library in the network of Riecken Community Libraries in Central...
Parramos, a new Riecken Community Library
The building The construction of the library began on September the 30th with the delivery of the first round of materials, right after signing the agreement between the Municipality, the Community and Riecken. Almost a month later the building is about 35%...
Riecken Community Libraries in the News
- Peace Corps WorldView Article 2013 for more Peace Corps information please click here.
- American Libraries article
- 2012 RCL Impact Study
- ALA 2012 Presidential Citation for Riecken Community Libraries
- Riecken Community Libraries Receives Multi-Year Grant
- The Cheapest and Most Valuable Thing in the World Is Not What You Think
- Building Libraries, Developing Minds: Study.com Speaks With the Riecken Foundation
- Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons, Ricardo Gomez, University of Washington, USA; Riecken foundation referenced pages 26, 69-70, 217, 221-222
- Revue Magazine, The Riecken Foundation