DREAM TEAM
We're proud to announce that we´re now working actively with all three pilot groups! The team of facilitators consists of me and three excellent volonteering co-workers; Natalia, Cristabel and Luis. Natalia is 26 years old, and has relevant experience from working in an alphabetization project for women. Cristabel, 31, is a teacher and has also been working in the same alphabetization project. Luis is 21 years old and is studying communication at the university. It's a real dream team, and it's amazing how everyone's contributing with invaluable ideas, experiences and inspiration! Without them, we wouldn't see half of the success that we've achieved so far. To compensate at least a little bit for all their hard work, I've started to give them English lessons, which is good not only for them but also for the future of the project. I really can't express how much I appreciate these people, and all the other people (especially Roy and Enriqueta) helping out with this and that! Salvadorans ROCK!!!
VOICES FROM THE PROJECT
"I love books and they fascinate me, because they teach me things and they're like friends." - Monica, 12
"Books give me the sense of happiness, because when I read I get totally absorbed and I forget about all the problems that a teenager has to face daily." Kriscia, 15
"Do we have to get back already? Let´s stay here the rest of the day...and the night, too!" - María, 12
"What I want to do in the project is to read more in order to learn more and be somebody in life." - Gladys, 15
"Today I learned to keep on struggling, because outside this community there's an exciting life waiting for me." - Kriscia, 15
OUR THREE PILOT GROUPS
Group 1: Eleven girls aged 11-12, at the public school Centro Escolar Margarita Durán in Santa Tecla
Total number of workshops during the entire project period: 16
Number of executed workshops so far: 6
See pics from one of the workshops here:
Group 2: Five girls and six boys aged 11-12, at the public school Centro Escolar Refugio de la Paz in Santa Tecla
Total number of workshops during the entire project period: 10
Number of executed workshops so far: 1
See pics from one of the workshops here:
Group 3: Four girls and one boy aged 15-16 at the public school Complejo Educatico Católico Fe y Alegría in San Salvador
Total number of workshops during the entire project period: 5
Number of executed workshops so far: 1
See pics from one of the workshops here:
PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKS
- To keep on reading "Ronja, la hija del bandolero", "Alex Dogboy", "La hija del puma", "Cuentos de la selva" and "Colin y los monos" according to the stage of each group.
- To bring in expertise from the theatre community, in order to work with that creative art of expressing and reflecting.
- To take the two groups in Santa Tecla, and their parents, on an excursion to El Boquerón, the volcano of San Salvador, with it's important flora and fauna and amazing views over the city.
- To start working with the "Life Plan"; an individual map of the future that each participant will be developing during the project.
- To keep on bringing in foreigners to talk about their life and culture. One group recently had visitors from Denmark!
- To start planning a literature event with the book store La Ceiba.
- ...and more!!
1 comment:
Vad kul att det går så bra för dig. Måste kännas härligt när man ser resultaten av hårt arbete, eleverna verkar verkligen uppskatta projektet!
Tack för din kommentar på bloggen! Jo man kan bli galen på regler som aldrig verkar gynna nyutexaminerade. Lyckades dock fixa praktiken tillslut. Börjar nästa vecka!
Kanske tittar förbi El Salvador någon gång i framtiden. :)
Ha det bra och lycka till!
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