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Trained by Child Aid, Rosendo Tac Escún is the librarian in Xesampaul, an indigenous K’iché village in Guatemala’s Central Highlands.
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We focus on our literacy efforts not just on books and libraries, but on creating vibrant reading programs that engage children and inspire them to read.
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Child Aid-supported libraries make books accessible and reading fun for children in communities where literacy rates are low.
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Inside a small, Child Aid-supported library, a community elder tells stories to children in his native K’iché, the local indigenous language.
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Our partner libraries have organized reading programs, but are also places where children read independently and develop literacy skills on their own.
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Nine-year-old Ernesto proudly displays every book he has read in the Child Aid-supported library I his community.
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Children work on writing skills as part of a Child Aid literacy program in a village library.