Amherst College students Alexandra Barber and Cheyenne Pritchard will be
spending their summer in the village of Santa Cruz de Leon Cortes, Costa Rica, as the
leaders of the Beyond el Campo Project.
The duo will supervise a group of
college students that will be doing a wide variety of literacy projects.
Now in its fifth year, Beyond el Campo established and
supports 3-room public library with over 3,000 books, and provides educational
programming, including book groups, summer reading camps and after-school study
support.
The library serves the immediate community of over 2,000 people.
Beyond el Campo, a project of Reader to Reader's Springboard Program, seeks to
combat the issue of educational inequality in Costa Rica by providing essential
tools and educational resources to inspire success. Its goals are to provide a
public space that serves as a community center for learning and creative
engagement; to equip that space with resources that connect students with their
own passions and interests; and to offer educational programs and workshops
open to the entire community.
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