Joyful Project #2

Hello everyone.   This Blog is about the 2nd Joyful Project we are able to undertake with the funds raised at this and last year's Fashion Shows.  As you know, the Apoyo Program matches sponsors with students. However,  we  will never be able to ensure every student has a sponsor.  Therefore, we  do something each year for the benefit of a broader group of children in the village. 

EDUCACIÓN INICIAL ( the first education)

This drop-in program is offered Mon, Wed, Thurs. and Fridays from 4:00 - 7:00. Ten to 15 moms and their infants-3 year old children attend. 

Comfortable on new mats and carpets playing with our new toys

The 2 teachers receive $1,000 pesos ( $80.00) a month from a government fund to pay for:
Rent: 400 pesos or about $32.00
Supplies including drinking water, toilet paper, cleaning products, arts and crafts materials, toys etc.: 300 pesos or about $24.00 

Wages: for working 24 hours each teacher receives 100 pesos or $8.00 a month.

Parents and children work on projects planned by the teachers 

Because of your support for the Fashion Shows, we were able to fulfill the teachers' wish list.  The almost empty room and shelves now have 2 play carpets, snap together mats, large lego building blocks, puzzles, various stacking and matching toys, a CD player, art and crafts supplies, 5 plastic chairs, a play centre, water dispenser and lots of cleaning supplies, toilet paper, and paper cups.. 

Bev and Dorothy join in, dancing and singing along with music played on the new CD player. 

We continue to provide $400 a month for rent and $100 for supplies while the 
Comisaria ( Mayor) of Chuburna is working to secure a rent-free space for the program. 


Families continue to benefit because of the generosity of the international community... 
On their behalf, GRACIAS

Bev Melchior, Marta de Quesada, Dorothy Kaytor 

CHUBURNA PUERTO APOYO ESCOLAR

La educación, la llave para abrir todas las puertas

Education, the key to unlock all doors