Impact of the Santa Cruz Public Library on Galapagos Youth
Children and young people in Galapagos have benefited from the Santa Cruz Public Library in 2022. Education experts agree that reading allows the imagination to soar, transporting the child to new worlds, escalating in the evolution of creative capacity, making them, at the same time, more aware of their own emotions and improving empathy towards others.
Through its funds for conservation actions the Library for Galapagos and the World as a public space have been renovated, where the community of Santa Cruz Island has a suitable place for reading, academic study, or self-learning.
This space also serves to develop conferences and educational activities and workshops that promote local and national culture with an emphasis on the development of science and the conservation of Galapagos.
The administration of the Santa Cruz Public Library is in charge of the Association of Park Guides Interpreters of the Galapagos National Park (AGIPA). Sandie Salazar, a member of this Association and a beneficiary of the WISE Projects of Galapagos Conservancy.
So far this year, nearly 1,694 children and young people have benefited from the educational workshops held at the Library, in addition to about 500 people who visit the library in search of good reading.
The Library for Galapagos and the World has adequate infrastructure, equipment, and a collection of more than 1,700 books and educational material. They also have a local librarian who not only takes care of the library but also organizes and coordinates different activities with the community in general and local schools.
