By Irma Oomen | Program and Volunteer Director
We are very happy to keep you updated about the increase of our afterschool project.The children seem to come to the project on a more frequent basis, which means we host more children every day. With lots of local support, such as donations of fruit, eggs and oats we have been able to provide the children with a even more nutricious snack.
In the last couple of months we also hosted over 20 volunteers from the local public university of San Carlos. The volunteers have helped us out during the afternoon activities, but also with homework for the kids. They even created a great coat rack for the sweaters of the chlidren.
One group of University students came over to work with the kids on themes such as self confidence, family problems and friendship/ team spirit. This activity took place on a Saturday, and even though we do not usually have activities on Saturdays, a record of 68 children came to learn and share.
For us as an organization this confirms that the children like to come to Caras Alegres to learn, educate themselves and have a good time.
The last couple of months we also hosted 2 psychology interns. They have been working one-on-one with the smallest children to strengthen their reading/ writing and motor skills.
We are very grateful for all the donations we receive international as much as national. Thanks!
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