Giraffe Hero Helps Children Read in Poor, Rural Colombia
by Giraffe Heroes Project on Oct 29, 2013 | Views: 218 | Score: 0
Initial number of books in the "Biblioburro" Library | Current number of books | |
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Luis Soriano's Lending Library | 0.07 | 5 |
Number of books (in thousands)
Sources:
giraffe.org
Luis Soriano, a schoolteacher in Colombia, is so dedicated to spreading knowledge that he packs books into his country's bandit-ridden mountains via burro, teaching kids in remote villages to read and to love learning. His "Biblioburro" is low-cost, high-risk and a huge hit with rural kids. Luis is proud that he started with 70 books, and now has almost 5,000.