Bibliomovil, Corralito, Honduras

Saturday afternoon we headed up a winding gravel road by tuctuc to the community of Corralito, to visit another Riecken Bibliomovil. John and I have really enjoyed all the opportunities our library travels have given us, these tuctuc travels to small rural communities being one of the best.


Our voyage today was to la Escuela Modesto Rodas Alvarado, a rural school with 115 students and three teachers. Paolina Amador is one of the teachers and has agreed to serve as librarian for the Riecken Bibliomovil.  (Photo: Paolina reads to the children attending a celebration for El Dia de los Ninos).



In Corralito, the Bibliomovil is in the beginning phase, with 200 books having been delivered for use in the school and by the community. The books will be given space in Paolina's house, right next to the school building.




In addition to story hour, we also were fortunate to attend Julio Perez (right) telling stories to the youth about his time growing up in Corralito. To my surprise, many of the children (mostly young boys) paid attention to this community elder, very much interested in what he had to say.



To end the celebration, Gloria and the Riecken Foundation had supplied a pinata. The pinata was a blond, really the only other blonde I had seen in the last week. He was promptly destroyed, bringing much joy to all.

Many thanks to Gloria, Paolina, and the Corralito community!