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Bogota's bibliophile trash collector who rescues books

Daniel, Smriti
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/bogota-bibliophile-trash-collector-rescues-books-170522084707682.html

Publisher:  Aljazeera
Date Written:  04/06/2017
Year Published:  2017  
Resource Type:  Article

55-year-old Jose,who lives on a steeply sloping road in the La Nueva Gloria barrio in the southern reaches of Colombia's sprawling capital, created a community library and donates books to children, believing that education can break the cycle of poverty.

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Local newspaper headlines hailing him as "Colombia's Lord of the Books" have brought more donations pouring in. He has been invited to share his story at events in Colombia and abroad, including at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico, the largest of its kind in Latin America.

Jose has become a conduit connecting book lovers - La Fuerza de las Palabras has donated reading materials to some 235 schools, institutions and community libraries across Colombia. In fact, one of their first contributions was to his neighbourhood's only school, which is down the road from his house. The school did not have a library until Jose rolled up.
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