By Dom Williams | Founder and Director
Classes in the school have gone well these past couple of months with all the students now enrolled which include new children who have migrated to the region from the high altitude sierra and the jungle.
Mother’s Day was celebrated in the school with plenty of traditional dance. We pay for a teacher to come in and show the children the different dances and rent the clothes for them. The mothers received presents and as ever, a good lunch!
We handed out the personalised text and work books to all the children in all grades for the year. These include maths and literacy. The school has one teacher for every two grades, one of whom is the head teacher who often has meetings with parents or the authorities, leaving their two classes unattended. Having personal text and workbooks allows the children to continue their work when they don’t have a teacher.
Whilst the school was on holiday over Christmas we planted potatoes in the school vegetable garden which are due to be harvested in the coming weeks. This will provide an excellent addition to the daily food we provide the children along with the daily fruit. A variety of vegetables will be planted once the harvest has concluded.
Thank you so much for your fantastic support for the project, it really does mean so much for the families in the community. We’ll update you more in a couple of months.
Cheers
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