Great progress is being made in the village of San Felipe Lachillo, about 3 1/2 hrs. northeast of Huatulco in southern Oaxaca. Not long ago a caravan of two jeeps headed up the mountains to deliver raw boards and posts to be made into bookshelves by a local carpenter for the new library.
Upon our arrival, we had help from the villagers in unloading the building material that was latched to one of the jeeps.
Later, the Joe Wilkes, agent of the expats Oaxaca Lending Library in Oaxaca City, showed the villages leaders samples of the quality new books that would soon be placed in the library for the 400+ children of the village of San Felipe.
Note the young lady in the red blouse in the above photo. She is from Mexico City and lives in San Felipe Lachillo and is well educated. She will be teaching local people to operate the library properly, according to their local guidelines. I should mention that the library is owned and operated locally by the community.
The last photo is of the inside of the library before it is sealed, painted, and divided by a center wall. Once the bookshelves are installed, the books will be delivered, probably in the middle of May.
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More about this project will be posted in a couple of weeks, after the books have been delivered. Additional books will also be installed in the library or the next three years because of continued support from library supporters in Oaxaca City.
While this post is about the new children's library that has been established in the community, a dental clinic, a sewing "school," agricultural training, and manufacturing of "tourist crafts" has also be initiated in the community in recent months.
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