El Salvador: Las Marias Biblioteca Movil

This report is a little late due to the holidays... and the planning of the inauguration! But better late than never... This month I had some nice downtime to celebrate the festivities of the village of Las Marias (above are pictures of the some of the festivities). My daughters were solicited to participate in the fundraising events of the town and were able to help raise funds for the church.

In early January I visited the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) in San Salvador and met with the Director, Lic. Velasco to discuss how we can work together the make the mobile library project more sustainable. I was also able to get their support for our inauguration happening on Jan. 28th and 29th. They will be sending out the "Bibliobus" to help present and raise awareness in the community about the importance of reading.

One other achievement during this meeting was getting their commitment to come and meet with the mayor of Yucuaiquin to discuss the possibility of opening a public library in the city of Yucuaiquin. I also met with the mayor over this past month to let invite his government to lend support to the project and attend the inauguration. Hopefully all of my petitions will come to fruition over the next month or so.

I visited several embassies over the past month taking a letter asking for support of our project and our  school and also to let them know about the project and its goals. I visited five embassies. Additionally, I request support from two bi-lingual schools and requested donations of books from their collections. It was a nice quiet month but I believe I accomplished many administrative tasks despite the holidays.