Mobile Education Resource Center - MERC has arrived!

Jorge (9) from Casa Hogar San Jose practicing reading aloud.

This month we rolled out MERC...our Mobile Education Resource Center.  We are so excited to see the kids participating in this program and are slowly building our library of books through contributions and gifts. We would also like to add other resources to the program, including educational games, manipulatives and laptops. Laptops would allow us to use educational software as another teaching tool, and to teach the kids computer skills.

Beti (9) was so excited  about the new books that she couldn't
decide which she wanted to check out.

Years and years of taking Eliza and Nick to the library and checking out tons of books is paying off in really neat ways.  Lending libraries are very rare in Mexico, and we do not have any in this area. We've been collecting books for the past few months and I really didn't know how the kids would respond, but they love it!

A team member reading to Beti

In addition to allowing them to check out 2-3 books at a time, we also have read-aloud times, both one-on-one and in a large group. In addition to helping the kids learn to read and learn to enjoy good stories, it's also a great time for teams to interact with the kids on a more personal level.

Sandy (14) is reading Loco Amor (Crazy Love) by Fancis Chan.....
how awesome is that!

We are very excited about adding more resources to the MERC to expand the program. If you are interested in helping build our library, please contact the Back2Back home office.