Chispa Project Update: It’s Back to School Season in Honduras!

Hola hola!

I hope your new year is off to a great start! It’s hard to believe how quickly 2026 is moving, but in Honduras, there’s no clearer sign than the fact that students are already heading back to school.

The Honduran school year runs from February through November, and schools officially opened during the first week of this month. For Chispa Project, that means one very exciting thing: our library at José Ángel Ulloa Elementary School is opening again! Books are coming out of storage, shelves are being dusted off, and cushions and bean bags are returning to create welcoming reading spaces for students.

This week, we visited José Ángel Ulloa Elementary schools to support library reopening, meet any new teachers and administrators, and re-establish our 3-1-1 Reading Goals:
•    3 in-class reading sessions per week (15 minutes each)
•    1 library visit per week
•    1 book check-out per student, per month
We also shared reading logs and resources, and addressed areas of need we identified last year.

Here you can see Jorge, our Educational Program Officer, meeting with teachers and students at José Ángel Ulloa to kick off the new year with resources and reading support!

Thank you for your continued investment in the kiddos who are so excited to start reading again. I’ll be in touch soon with more updates from the field. I always love hearing from you, so if you have questions for me or well wishes you’d like me to pass on to the team, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

With excitement for the new school year,
Eva

P.S. We’re currently in the middle of our Share the Love campaign, where we hope to connect new people to our mission. If you know someone who might enjoy learning about Chispa Project, invite them to follow our work at www.chispaproject.org/share.

Eva Pokorny
Chispa Project
Marketing and Communications Specialist

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