By Marina Lobato and Claire Naughton | HOOP Social Work Coordinator and Volunteer
One of the things Hilda has found most rewarding about being a member of HOOP is the camaraderie amongst the HOOP mothers; she feels she has found a group of women in whom she can trust and confide in because of the common ground they share.
A resident of Arequipa for the past 20 years, Hilda joined HOOP two years ago with her three children: “Before, when I wasn’t in HOOP, I was very stressed. I would pick my kids up from school and bring them home and then we just had nothing to do...but now I go to HOOP in the afternoons and I feel much happier. I’ve made friends and we are always talking.”
Feeling comfortable and safe within the HOOP organization has helped Hilda gain a sense of place within the Flora Tristan community: “HOOP means a lot to me...it’s a support system [where] we teach and advise one another. I like all of the workshops and talks with the psychologists...before we didn’t have anything like that. I never miss a workshop unless one of my children is very sick.”
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
