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2007-2008 PROJECTS
Thanks to the help of local authorities, Peace Corps volunteers, schoolteachers and students, each of our libraries listed below is now opening on a regular basis and providing services to children, teenagers, and adults in these poor rural communities. This year we will continue to support these libraries, primarily focusing our efforts on library training. We believe that it's not enough to simply stock libraries with materials. We also need to train teachers and librarians on how to use their library and its resources effectively. We will also be working with local Library Committees, showing them how to organize events that instill community interest in their libraries. We are proud to say that our newest library in Villa Serrano already boasts an average of 60-70 library users per day!
2006-2007 PROJECTSIn the 2006-2007 fiscal year, we accomplished a total of 3 new library projects with the help of both Peace Corps volunteers, and a Bolivian non-profit organization, CESATCH.
Yamparaez, Bolivia  Children in Yamparaez excited about their library
This small agricultural town located about 30 kilometers outside of Bolivia's capital has a population just over 1,000 and an illiteracy rate of 43.4%. The public library shall provide a much needed space for learning and development inside the community.
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Villa Serrano  New library located just two blocks from the village center
This town, which is well known as a cultural center of music and dance in Bolivia, has several schools dedicated to primary and secondary education, yet only had one library with limited resources. The new library is located two blocks from the village center with new books and library materials aimed at improving the already existing education system in Villa Serrano.
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Sopachuy, Bolivia  Looking down the streets of Lower Sopachuy
Even though the town of Sopachuy has roughly 900 students, the local high school has very limited educational materials and few books. It was clear that the construction of a public library would be essential to the growth of this town.
Read More! 2005-2006 PROJECTS
In the 2005-2006 fiscal year, we proudly opened up one library in the poorer outskirts of Sucre and another one in a community about 4 hours outside of Sucre. Presto, Bolivia  Kids outside of their new library in Presto.
Located deep in the mountains outside of Tarabuco, Presto is an isolated town with 3,000 people and 24 schools, but had no public library. Hoping to improve the adult literacy rate of 21.33%, as well as establishing a means to an end for the problems the community faces with health care and malnutrition, a library was constructed in a building donated by a local church.
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Patacon, Bolivia
 The dedication plaque on the library at the Patacon High School
This library is located in a high school called "Colegio 6 de junio" in the poor neighborhood of Patacon, right on the outskirts of Sucre. The space for the library already existed, but needed renovation in order to be put to use.
Read more! 2004-2005 PROJECTS
The 2004-2005 fiscal year saw the opening of our first library ever. Morado K'asa was chosen because it was home to Asheville native, Megan Sherar, who lived there for 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer!
Morado K'asa
 The Completed Library in Morado K'asa
Although the library project in Morado K'asa was undertaken and completed before the founding of BiblioWorks, it was the original seed of success out of which BiblioWorks grew. The Morado K'asa library opened in February of 2005, and is currently in use by the community today!
Read more! ONGOING PROJECTS
Western North Carolina 
BiblioWorks is happy to call Asheville, NC it's home! We are currently working on improving literacy in the surrounding communities of western North Carolina, as well as those in South America. In addition to hosting book drives and reaching out to the general public for help with our efforts in Bolivia, we are also donating books to local shelters and education centers who might need them. BW Donates Books to ABCCM Women's Shelter BW Supplies 300 Books to Homeless Shelter BW Attends Fiesta Latina in Asheville BW Attends Fall LEAF Festival
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