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The Riecken Foundation tracks its libraries and their effect on communities.
A 2007 impact study in Honduras found: - More than 6,000 people use a Riecken library
every week; 38 percent of those users visit the library daily.
- The books and technology in Riecken libraries
reach populations in serious need.
- Youths involved in library programs read literature more often than their
counterparts.
- The libraries introduce new forms of technology to remote villages.
- Youngsters in Riecken
communities spend more time reading and less time watching television after they become library users.
- Libraries
and their governing committees collaborate with schools, health clinics and local groups, enabling them to act in new
ways.
- Reading is the No. 1 adult activity at the libraries, but 40 percent of adults use the libraries as
meeting spaces for other organizations.
- Riecken libraries change the content of what is taught in many secondary
school classrooms.
- Riecken libraries are among the most trusted institutions in a community.
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