Child Aid - Building Brighter Futures

Norma Guzman, regional program coordinator, shows off the recently donated books that are heading to rural libraries

Antigua, Guatemala - Reference books like encyclopedias, atlases and other reference materials are extremely rare in rural Guatemala.  If a library does have a set of encyclopedias it is often outdated or incomplete. Child Aid recently received a generous donation from Bilingual Educational Services, Inc of 30 sets of Time Life encyclopedias focusing on different areas of science and geography.  Each set contains 52 volumes and will be a wonderful addition to libraries that have practically no reference materials whatsoever.  The donation also included a set of 6 mystery books or “scary books”, which seem to be a favorite of the children here.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been working in a library and a student comes in asking for a scary book, and goes away empty handed.  I am thrilled to be able to offer them not only one, but a series of six books to quench their thirst for this genre!