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Community Libraries Community Librariesin Central America Opening Minds Opening Minds to aWorld of Infinite Possibilities Connecting Connecting Central American Communitiesto Each Other and to the World Providing Safe Choices Providing Safe Choicesin a Challenging World Preparing Preparing a Generation of Central American Leaders Building Building Capacity forDemocracy and Prosperity For more than 20 years Riecken Community Libraries has beenbringingaccess to information and programs to poor rural areas of Central America through a growing network of over 60 dynamic community libraries. Offering books programs relevant to the needs of the communities being served and access to technology whenever possible Riecken libraries connect people in Honduras and Guatemala to each other and to the world. They help prepare a generation of local leadership. And they open minds and imaginations to a world of possibilities otherwise inaccessible to these underserved communities.