A farming community 150 km northeast of Tegucigalpa, San Antonio is a neighboring town of Sulaco in the central Honduras region of Yoro. The community of 1,000 inaugurated the Biblioteca Popular Virtud y Ciencia on February 11, 2002.
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The library under construction in October 2001.
Librarians Dora, Omar, and Octavio at the training workshop in November 2001.
Kids help finish the entrance before opening day.
Community members at the inauguration ceremony in February 2002.
After the inauguration, the community watches a digital slide show.
One of the community librarians reviews the shelves.
Computer training a few weeks after opening.
Librarian Dora with U.S. volunteer librarian Laurie (right) at June 2002 training.
Librarians Octavio, Dora, and Omar with U.S. volunteer librarians Mary and Laurie at July 2002 training.
The librarians at a training workshop in February 2003.