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Early Childhood Literacy & Nutrition in Guatemala Early Childhood Literacy & Nutrition in Guatemala Early Childhood Literacy & Nutrition in Guatemala Empower Women & Girls in Guatemala with Technology

The Frances and Henry Riecken Foundation, Inc.

Org #1439
Vetted since 2009 Site Visit Verified
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2000
year founded
$28,145
raised on GlobalGiving
11
years fundraising
2
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars
Mission

We offer Central Americans hope and the opportunity to overcome poverty by promoting democracy and prosperity through community libraries that spark a spirit of discovery and foster citizen participation.

Projects (5)

Early Childhood Literacy & Nutrition in Guatemala
Guatemala / Gender Equality
Early Childhood Literacy & Nutrition in Guatemala
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Re-Open a Community Library Hit by Hurricane Eta
Guatemala / Disaster Response
Re-Open a Community Library Hit by Hurricane Eta
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Empower Women & Girls in Guatemala with Technology
Guatemala / Gender Equality
Empower Women & Girls in Guatemala with Technology
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Creating Girl Readers in Guatemala
Guatemala / Education
Creating Girl Readers in Guatemala
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From Books on Horseback to Books on Wheels
Honduras / Education
From Books on Horseback to Books on Wheels
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Project Leaders
William Cartwright
William Cartwright
Paco Alcaide
Paco Alcaide
Team
William Cartwright, Francisco J Alcaide
Organization Information
Attn Riecken Foundation (A-712)
P.O. Box 30
Princeton, NJ 08542
United States
(650) 206-2539
Organization Information
Attn Riecken Foundation (A-712)
P.O. Box 30
Princeton, NJ 08542
United States
(650) 206-2539

Project Reports

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Dec 18, 2020
Are we still reading in 2021?
The current pandemic has highlighted social inequality, increasing the vulnerability of those groups that already live at extreme levels of exclusion. And this same pandemic has broken the existing...
Dec 18, 2020
2021, a new beginning for Community Libraries
Since March 2020, and because of the alarm status generated by the coronavirus, the different rural communities of Honduras and Guatemala have been forced to give a different response to this new...
Aug 25, 2020
To cultivate solidarity in times of quarantine
Given the measures decreed by the government, the community library "Nueva Visión" in La Guacamaya (EL Progreso, Yoro) offers as "emotional therapy for stress and anxiety" that the confinement...
 
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