Libraries in old buses

[NewsWhore]

Take all the derelict buses discarded by the government's OMSA bus company, refit them and turn them into libraries. The Aulas Bibliotecas (Classroom Libraries) are now being sent to small towns nationwide and are known as "teaching buses." The program was developed by Teresa Peralta Checo and Ana Valdes Sanchez from the First Lady's Office. First Lady herself, Margarita Cedeno, came up with the idea after listening to OMSA director Ignacio Ditren announce that he would take buses out of circulation. In the discarded buses, she saw classrooms, Teresa Peralta and Ana Valdes said in an interview with Listin Diario. "We went to see those buses and we saw how the junk could become multi-faceted equipment. With a bit of creativity we turned useless things into something really functional," she explained. The buses were then recycled and equipped with chairs, blackboards and books, converting them into true classrooms, libraries and meeting rooms.

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