THE STORYTELLING SNAIL

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While I travel, I dedicate some of my time and energy to promoting literacy and reading.

I believe that reading is infinitely enriching and that everyone should have access to books. However, during my travels, I met many children who rarely read and saw schools that lack the resources necessary to offer their students access to books and the practice of reading.

As a child, I was lucky to be surrounded by books. My parents were teachers, so stories and children's books played an important role in my childhood. Those stories, their characters, illustrations and adventures taught me valuable lessons that greatly influenced my worldview. So, now, with the goal of creating a positive impact, I share my love of reading with other children while I travel.

Donating books to Quebrada Valencia school, Magdalena, Colombia

Guachaca secondary school, Colombia

Workshop at Tabacal rural school, Antioquia, Colombia

To do so, I created a crowdfunding campaign, and I use the money from the donations to buy children's books. I take those books to rural schools, where I run a reading workshop for the students, during which we practice literacy, reading comprehension, creativity, writing and language learning, because the workshop focuses on the use of stories in English to learn it as a foreign language. The workshop has two purposes: first, to foster a love for reading and, second, to show the students that reading has practical applications, such as learning a new language.

Antioquia, Colombia. Running the workshop from the van

Kichwa community in Puyo, Ecuador

Escuela en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

At the end of the workshop, I donate a number of books to the school so they can become part of the school library. I decided to focus especially on visiting rural schools, because they often have fewer materials and resources and because travelling by car allows me reach more remote areas.