The initiative has had the support of the Colegio de Hospital de Órbigo, whose management has been in charge of selecting the books adapted to each level with which they will work in the classrooms during Book Week, which will take place from 19 to 22 April at the school under the slogan ‘Violence, zero tolerance’.
The Consistory of La Ribera has invested 1,600 euros, of which 1,070 are provided by the Ministry of Equality and the remaining 500 euros by the City Council, in the purchase of 90 books, one for each student. The titles chosen are “Carlota’s Blue Diary” by Gemma; ‘Don’t tell me stories’, where the biographies of the 100 Spanish women who changed history and the story are narrated; and the author Raquel Díaz Reguera will work with the stories’ The boy who did not want to be blue and the girl who did not want to be pink ‘,’ My name is Freckles’, ‘Girls will be whatever they want to be’ and ‘When girls fly high’.
The management of the school and the Department of Education have agreed that the best investment of the aid of the Ministry of Equality is “in education because it is really where we have to start working on equal rights and opportunities, and in zero tolerance with violence ”, affirms the director of the school, Diana González.
The mayor, Enrique Busto, underlines the words of the director pointing out that the school, together with the families, is the pillar for education in equality between men and women, “we believe that it is the best investment we can make to lay the foundations of an egalitarian society and what better way to do it than by giving the boys and girls a book ”, once again demonstrating, in this way, the City Council’s commitment to free public education, which each year shows with the maintenance of the book bank .
‘Ducats’ by books
During Book Week, the school will launch a market on April 22 with the works that students have at home and no longer use. Each book they deliver is valued by the center in ‘ducats’, the currency with which they will later be able to ‘buy’ stories, novels and works with which to continue developing their taste for reading and “giving books a new life”, explains Diana González.
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