SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE IN THE MEDIA
The Santa Tecla newspaper De Primera published a full page article about the project in the latest issue, based on a visit to one of our workshops. We even covered the fontpage! Read the article here (in Spanish): http://www.deprimeraonline.com/index.php. Thank you Tony Carbonero for a great reportage!
The Uppsala student newspaper Ergo published an article by me about the project in the latest issue. Read it online here (in Swedish): http://www.ergo.nu/nyheter/20100331-ronja-star-upp-mot-valdet . Thank you Ergo!
FIELD TRIP TO EL BOQUERÓNLast Saturday we went on a field trip with the kids and their families to volcán San Salvador and the crater and national park El Boquerón. The objective of the trip was to foment positive relations within and between families and to promote environmental consciousness. One appreciated activity was the reading of stories from “Cuentos de la selva” by Horacio Quiroga, right there on the top of the volcano! It was an amazing experience watching parents and children reading together, and at the same time admiring the scenic view of the crater in one direction, and that of San Salvador in the other.
See photos from the field trip here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=407933&id=607940023&l=2ad507f7e9
Video clips:
Bus ride with a great view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Getting to the volcano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The crater: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Families reading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
The parents of our participants have been a great help in making us understand the short-term impact of the project after just a couple of months of activities. As one dad told us: “Nowadays when my daughter has some spare time at home, she picks up a book and starts reading. That never happened before.”
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
The best news of them all: The local facilitators are very enthusiastic about con
tinuing with the workshops, and even start new groups, during the rest of this academic year (until October). That means that the activities will go on even after I’ve gone back to Sweden, and I will keep supporting the team from there and at the same time work on the planning of the long-term continuation of the project. It’s absolutely fantastic that the project already now has the capacity to go on and develop without my presence, because that would mean that our most important principle of SUSTAINABILITY is being fulfilled.
tinuing with the workshops, and even start new groups, during the rest of this academic year (until October). That means that the activities will go on even after I’ve gone back to Sweden, and I will keep supporting the team from there and at the same time work on the planning of the long-term continuation of the project. It’s absolutely fantastic that the project already now has the capacity to go on and develop without my presence, because that would mean that our most important principle of SUSTAINABILITY is being fulfilled.BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP! IN ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL FACILITATORS TO CONTINUE WITH THE ACTIVITIES, WE NEED MORE FUNDS. I ESTIMATE THAT WE NEED APPROXIMATELY $800 (6 000 SEK) IN ORDER TO GO ON SUCESSFULLY UNTIL OCTOBER 2010. ALL MONEY WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE MORE BOOKS, MATERIAL AND TO COVER LOCAL TRANSPORT COSTS.
If you can and want, please send your donation to PG 48 84 49-0 (from Sweden) or to this PayPal account (from abroad): http://www.schoolsforthefuture.org/Howtosupportus.html . If you wish to become a member, you can find out how on that same page.
