By Judith Corro | Communications Officer
Dear Friend,
Starting in February the Summer Program of 2020 became a reality! We were able to accommodate 30 girls between the ages of 8 and 13 in the Las Claras Center, where they are currently receiving classes in self-defense, art therapy, citizen coexistence, values, culture, life projects, empowerment, amongst many other experiences such as visits from volunteers, museums, festivals, girl empowerment groups, etc.
Furthermore, our own Claras students (see main project for reference) serve as leaders by providing the smaller girls with guidelines and their own examples for inspiration.
So far, we've seen astounding results since the first edition of our program: to date, none of our students have abandoned school or gotten an early pregnancy. As you may already know, both these factors are highly common for girls 7-14 living in the Felipillo Community, and is the main reason we created the Las Claras Summer Program in 2018.
Nevertheles, we've a long way to go and we need your help to continue this project. Keep on joining us in our fight to reduce child/teen pregnancy, maintain girls in school and light the way for a better future!
More action still to come, stay tuned :)
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