In the last five years, the Riecken Foundation has managed to promote libraries as authentic local development centers, with the support of cooperation organizations and private foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Strachan Foundation, the Embassy of Finland, the Spanish Cooperation, AIR / USAID, among others.

The network of community libraries support the improvement of educational quality. They have involved 30,000 boys and girls and 1,200 teachers from 121 schools supported by the mediation of more than 80 volunteers from the libraries with story hours in the Spanish class. Community libraries promote community health through early encouragement to reading and nutrition; More than 250 families with children under 5 years old apply new eating habits and more than 6,700 people actively participated in promoting community health.

More than 13,500 young people strengthened their leadership skills. Technology represents an opportunity for social inclusion; 2,509 people used the technology for the first time and more than 216,000 people applied the technology to their daily activities. More than 12,000 people (50% women) were digitally literate.