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Puedo Leer Biblioteca April 2020

Dear Friends of the library,

We want to update you on how COVID-19 has affected the Library and somany changes we have made:

On Thursday, March 19 the decision was made to temporary close Puedo Leer’s  doors to the public by the Library Board. Library’s staff is working from home where possible. Currently, Carol and Connie are working very hard on making handmade face masks to distribute to our community. Our librarians are working on creating reading time short story videos that will be aired on all of our social media channels very soon. 

Take Care, Be safe

“May care and love comfort Carol and her family during this time of grief” Biblioteca Puedo Leer Family

A donation of $400Can was made to the library in the name of Lynne Kusmenko who died in Minden, Ontario, Tuesday, April 20h 2020.  Lynne was the younger sister of Carol Rea, one of the founders of Biblioteca Puedo Leer. She will be missed by her son, Jeff, her brother, Martin, and her sister, Carol. 

Getting to know the Puedo Leer Board Members

Like many of you, my involvement in Granada started with a vacation. In 2006, our family travelled to Nicaragua to explore, and we impulsively made an offer on a home. Our lives evolved to trips back and forth between our Northern base in Seattle and our house in the historic central district. I was introduced to the work of Puedo Leer early on by founders Carol and Helen, and it has been exciting to see the program grow as it spreads the love of reading throughout the region.

I spent my childhood with my nose in a book and later studied Comparative Literature (German, French and English! I didn’t learn Spanish until we came to Granada for a year in 2009.) Along with raising two sons in Seattle, I worked on program and fund development with local nonprofits. With my boys grown up and out of the house, my work as a freelance grant writer now allows me to travel with my husband, Jonathan, and spend as much time as we can in Granada.

Together we founded Avancemos, a Seattle nonprofit that partners with community-based organizations to support youth programs in Central America. My parents, Max and Judith Bailey, share our love of Granada and have visited us there often. As former educators, they were impressed with Puedo Leer’s programs to educate teachers as well as improve literacy among Granada’s children. They have been enthusiastic supporters for many years.

I was thrilled to be invited to join the board a few months ago. It’s great to be part of the organization whose work I have admired for so long.   Tamara Bailey

Annaelizabeth Blandón-Cajina 
Director Puedo Leer Library Granada, Nicaragua

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