Teach to Teach: Training Women to Teach Spanish

Teachers from Awamaki's Spanish Teacher Cooperative have been working hard, leading Spanish lessons for all of Awamaki's new volunteers and a good number of the tourists who pass through Ollantaytambo. Pictured above is Eunhae and Ruth. Eunhae, from South Korea and currently studying at Bryn Mawr College is one of Awamaki's...

Since our last update, the women of Awamaki’s Spanish teachers cooperative have continued to improve their teaching skills, and are constantly looking for ways to expand the success of their cooperative.  In the past few months, the women have opened new lines of communication between themselves and their...

Dear GlobalGiving donors, Thank you for supporting Awamaki this year.It was a big year for the Spanish teachers' cooperative. Since January, our 11 teachers have finished their initial training and started teaching classes. As of 1 December 2012, the anniversary of their first six months of teaching, the 11 teachers had...

Together with our 12 newly certified teachers, we have successfully launched the Spanish program at the Awamaki Language Center.  That means that after 6 months of dedication in our intensive training program, our local Spanish teachers are being rewarded with the additional income they need and deserve for their hard...

Congratulations to Maritza, Anita, Abigail, Roxana, Ruth, Giovana, Jenny, Silvia, Yesica, Mery, Luz Marina, and Luz Delia! After completing six months and over 440 hours of intensive training in Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru, last Friday the twelve teachers of the Awamaki Language Center graduated from their training...

The twelve members of Awamaki’s newest women’s cooperative are making incredible strides in their training to become Spanish teachers!  Last Friday, we celebrated the completion of their third segment of preparation with an incredible feast prepared by the women.  As we enjoyed rocoto relleno, aji de...

Hello friends and supporters! I just want to let you know that our teacher trainings are under way! We started nearly one month ago, and we are working with 13 women. They have all shown tremendous dedication to and excitement about the project. The trainings take place in a school near our office. The school is letting us...

Thank you so much to everyone for your overwhelming support on Matching Day! Thanks to your generosity, the project is moving forward. Here's some photos of our first information session! The session was held at the Awamaki office in Ollantaytambo. We had a great turnout for the first session. John from our partner,...