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Books for Costa Rican Children

Partnership with 3 Rotary Clubs & Give-a-Book Foundation, sent books for elementary school children.

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The Yonkers Rotary Club sponsored a shipment of books, which was put together and distributed at the end of February 2016 to a small community of consisting of only 250 residents located in the Southern part of Costa Rica. The partnership consisted of the Yonkers Rotary Club, 2 Rotary Clubs in Colorado, 1 Club in Costa Rica and the Give-a-Book Foundation. The project was part of the collaboration agreement between Rotary and the Peace Corps. Nicola Gallagher from Yonkers is a Peace Corps Volunteer in the small community. Nicola reports that the books have been divided by grade level in each classroom and the students have started to read them already.

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International, Basic education and literacy

Costa Rica

07 September 2015

28 February 2016

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Community needs, project impact, and sustainability

Community assessment: How the project team learned about the community’s needs

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Sustainability: How the benefits of the project will continue afterward

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Engagement Tracker

Total volunteer hours
20
Hours
Number of volunteers
2
People
Total cash contributions
600
USD
Total in-kind contributions
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