Help Community Library "Villa Guadalupe" Medellin
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I am Maria Carbonetti, and with an amazing group of students and colleagues, we need your help in enhancing public spaces for literacy, art and learning for vulnerable communities in Medellin, Colombia!
We are partners in a service-learning projects with Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca in Medellín, a community organization that provides library services, fosters literacy and art to vulnerable children, youth and families in peripheral neighbourhoods through four community libraries.
Casa de Lectura "Villa de Guadalupe" is one of them and needs repairs in the outside wall of the building. The funding will go to those repairs and to the creation of a mural by a local artist who will design the image with the participation of the children and families of Villa Guadalupe. We have until April 30 to raise the funds!
These community spaces that facilitate safe interaction, promote reading, art and play, are crucial for those families who live in areas where there are not enough public spaces. Safety concerns affect their everyday lives. My students are working with enthusiasm on several projects and learning while serving the community, and this fundraising is their initiative. I am inspired by them and grateful for having their dedication.
Your contribution means a lot to us, and every dollar will have an impact on many families, children and youth that every day look for safe spaces for creativity, learning and play in Casa de Lectura "Villa Guadalupe".
Please help us to reach our goal!
See below for more info about our service-learning projects and a short video by
Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca :
Spanish for Community FHIS UBC
We are partners in a service-learning projects with Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca in Medellín, a community organization that provides library services, fosters literacy and art to vulnerable children, youth and families in peripheral neighbourhoods through four community libraries.
Casa de Lectura "Villa de Guadalupe" is one of them and needs repairs in the outside wall of the building. The funding will go to those repairs and to the creation of a mural by a local artist who will design the image with the participation of the children and families of Villa Guadalupe. We have until April 30 to raise the funds!
These community spaces that facilitate safe interaction, promote reading, art and play, are crucial for those families who live in areas where there are not enough public spaces. Safety concerns affect their everyday lives. My students are working with enthusiasm on several projects and learning while serving the community, and this fundraising is their initiative. I am inspired by them and grateful for having their dedication.
Your contribution means a lot to us, and every dollar will have an impact on many families, children and youth that every day look for safe spaces for creativity, learning and play in Casa de Lectura "Villa Guadalupe".
Please help us to reach our goal!
See below for more info about our service-learning projects and a short video by
Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca :
Spanish for Community FHIS UBC
Organizer
Maria Carbonetti
Organizer
Vancouver, BC