El Niño Perdido is a school that Books for a Better World has been helping for several years. It is located about an hour away from Salama, Guatemala. The road is paved and curvy, but pretty good by Guatemalan standards.
Each classroom has some books, appropriate for the grade level and almost all donated by BBW. Mili Reyes, a dedicated teacher and BBW supporter, worked at this school until recently. She made sure that reading was incorporated as an important part of every grade's curriculum. Each classroom has a shelf just for books donated by Books for a Better World.
BBW volunteers visited almost every class. The 5th and 6th graders had fun reading tonguetwisters about wild animals and giving loud applause for those who repeated them most rapidly. The 3rd and 4th graders enjoyed reading with us. They enthusiastically volunteered to help us read, and recieved a BBW pencil as a token prize for their efforts. One book described animals that could jump very high. We asked which child could jump the highest. At first, only boys tried jumping. Then a girl volunteered to jump as high as she could. I was delighted that she won and she recieved some crayons for her efforts. We read silly stories to the youngest children, and loved hearing them laugh at the silly antics in the books.
It is lovely when BBW volunteers return to schools like this one for several years, as we can see the students' excitement at receiving a new box of books.
Annalisa Cardon and Alice Gartell, BBW volunteers, visited this school in July 2011.
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