Higher education for Amazonian youth in Peru

PARTIAL REPORT ON THE HOGAR POLICARPO PROJECT. April 2022.

1. Presentation :

In this year 2022, Peru continues to live a great difficulty, similar to other countries because this pandemic in its third consecutive year continues to leave large poverty gaps and the field of education is no stranger to this situation, because it continues to cause lack of opportunities for so many young people who want to study higher education due mainly to the interruption of classes for two consecutive years. However, the project "Higher Education for Amazonian Youth" (Hogar Policarpo, Yurimaguas (Peru)) has been deeply affected by the context: the decision of the Peruvian Ministry of Education to resume face-to-face education. For this reason, the project had to be reformulated and all the activities related to the full educational activity in the Higher Pedagogical Institute "Monsignor Elías Olázar" of Yurimaguas had to be brought forward.

At the moment many young people who study at the I.S. Pedagógico, do so with great sacrifices and this beginning of the course is being especially complex:

1.- They have had to leave their families in native and rural communities;

2.- When they arrive in Yurimaguas, they do not have a home or relatives from where they can study;

3.- They cannot afford decent food, which means that their academic performance is often at a starting level, causing them to drop out of school;

4.- They lack personal accompaniment, which makes them vulnerable to alcohol, bad habits, etc.

The Brother Policarpo Residence of the IESPP "Monseñor Elías Olázar" of the Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas, which is administered by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, opens its doors with the purpose of giving an opportunity to these young people, who will be the promoters of human and Christian education in their different communities through the integral formation that they will receive from the Pedagogical Residence. In addition, it is necessary the operation and service of this work of solidarity in view that many young people who study in the Pedagogical Olázar, come from human settlements (peripheries), who must also be served, because they lack the essential that are food and digital media to ensure progress in their academic work.

1. General Objective:

To provide quality services to students from indigenous communities and peripheral areas in order to guarantee their comprehensive education at the Instituto de Educación Superior Pedagógico Público in the city of Yurimaguas.

2. Specific objectives.

- Monitor the process and good academic performance of the students living in the Residence.

- Guarantee that the food they receive is of good quality and favors their nutrition and good performance for students living in the residence and students who come from extreme situations in the city of Yurimaguas.

- Accompany the students living in the Residence to integrate with each other within the framework of interculturality and fully comply with the assigned responsibilities. - To ensure that Christian formation is provided to the students living in the Residence so that in the future they may be promoters of Christian education in their communities.

- Seek financing to change the precarious roofs of the Hno. Policarpo Residence.

3. General activities:

- Monitoring of the process and academic performance of the students living in the Residence.

- Guarantee that the food that the beneficiaries will receive is of good quality and favors their nutrition and good performance of the students who live in the residence and students who come from extreme situations in the city of Yurimaguas.

- Accompanying students living in the Residence, and integrating each other within the framework of interculturality, respect and full compliance with assigned responsibilities.

- That they make good use of their leisure time, emphasizing the habit of reading, development of skills in music, culinary arts and leadership.

- That the precarious roofing of the Residence be changed.

4 Activities carried out during the quarter:

1. Reformulation of the Project and presentation to the Delegation and Corazonistas Foundation - Madrid" for review, evaluation and approval (February - March).

2. Personal and psychological interview to the young people who want to live in the Residence (March).

3. Opening and operation of the Residence (March - April)

4. Welcoming the young people who will live in the Residence (March - April)

5. Accompaniment and workshops on study habits, good use of leisure time. Learning to play musical instruments and dances of the area (April).

6. Lifestyle training workshops for the youth of the Residence (March