哥伦比亚乡村女子骑车送书，轮子上的“流动图书馆”唤醒阅读热情
In the rugged highlands of Colombia’s Antioquia department, a woman on a bicycle weaves along dirt paths, her rear rack stacked with wooden boxes. Catalina Rojas, 34, is not commuting to work; she is bringing the library to those who have never known one. Every Wednesday, she pedals up to 40 kilometers to remote hamlets where schools and bookstores remain a distant dream. As the country rebuilds after decades of conflict, this mobile librarian has become an unlikely but powerful agent of change, proving that a simple idea can travel remarkably far on two wheels.
Rojas began her journey in 2017 with just fifty donated books and a rusty bicycle. The terrain, often muddy and steep, tested her resolve, but she understood that many children in these isolated valleys had no internet and had never held a storybook. Her collection now exceeds 800 titles, carefully chosen to span children’s literature, agriculture guides, and novels that reflect local folklore. Because she saw that literacy gaps were widening as schools struggled with understaffing, Rojas started offering outdoor reading circles under mango trees, turning each stop into a communal event where both children and adults slowly rediscovered the pleasure of the written word.
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