Education Honduras Project #42822

Small steps - Education for single mothers

by PEN PAPER PEACE e. V.

Project Report | Aug 15, 2022
Update from Pasos Pequenitos!

By Marie Wachinger | Project Leader

Dear supporters,

We hope this finds you well and that you are having a good summer! Here are the latest updates on PEN PAPER PEACE’s project Pasos Pequeñitos in Honduras:

1. News from the daycare centre

Presently, our daycare centre in Honduras is hosting 15 children, with 4 more children to join the centre in fall. Our partner organisation nph Honduras reports very positive responses from parents that value the centre’s flexible opening hours, allowing the single parents to pursue their education and/or profession.

2. Meet Marcia from Pasos Pequeñitos

To give you more impressions of our work at Pasos Pequeñitos, we’d like to introduce Marcia to you, the main educator of the daycare centre: Marcia started working with Pasos Pequeñitos in 2009. Growing up with a single mother herself and coherent difficulties, Marcia is moved by the stories of the single parents and tries to support them as much as she can. In particular, Marcia is invested in the development of our Montessori programme at Pasos Pequeñitos. Being able to see how children grow up with better opportunities, is what inspires Marica to do her work at Pasos Pequeñitos.

3. Writing competition

Last year we successfully hosted a writing competition for young students (10 to 14 years) in all our project countries (Haiti, Honduras, Nambia, Germany and Italy). We received many courageous and bright submissions that we are currently translating to share with you. To close this report, we would like to share a phrase from a 12-year old Honduran student: "In life there are a lot of obstacles and you think you won't be able to break them, but in life, if you set your mind to it, you can break them and I too can't do it. Never give up until you do it."

Things are always happening at PEN PAPER PEACE. If you would like to receive regular updates about our projects in Honduras, please sign up for our newsletter. You can simply fill in your name and email address at www.pen-paper-peace.org in the upper right corner. Also stay tuned on our Instagram (@penpaperpeace) or Facebook to get updated on what we’re currently working on.

Thank you for your support!

All our best,

The entire team of PEN PAPER PEACE

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Apr 21, 2022
daycare center is now in full swing

By Inka Lange | managing director

The team and kids from the daycare center

Dear supporter,

As spring is around the corner we want to update you on the project Pasos Pequeñitos:

News from the daycare center

The daycare center is now in full swing. While Corona still fostered some uncertainties in January and had a peak in February, the situation is relaxing now and it is to be hoped that also the very young children can soon be vaccinated, as the general vaccination rates in Honduras are very high.

Thus, the daycare center is running in its new building to give children a safe and stimulating environment, while their single parents are finishing their education. Equally, the implementation of Montessori educational methods has thus far proven very successful. Speaking of which, all materials needed for a successful implementation of the Montesoori method could have finally been acquired!

The team’s main focus now is to identify more families that can benefit from this project, with the hope that we can fill the 20 spaces we have at the daycare.

Writing competition

This year we want to encourage children and young people once more to write down their thoughts and feelings. Therefore, we are hosting our writing competitionin collaboration with the Eckenroth Stiftung for already the third time. It will take place in all our project countries (Haiti, Honduras, Namibia, Germany and Italy). Children and young people from 10 to 14 years of age are called upon to send us their texts on the topic of sadness, anger, despair - happiness, courage, and gratitude.

If you would like to stay updated on all of our projects, we want to use this opportunity to also invite you to register for our newsletter. All updates from our project in Haiti as well as any other updates will regularly be covered so that you will never miss out on what is going on at PEN PAPER PEACE. Simply fill in your name and email address at www.pen-paper-peace.org in the upper right corner.

Thank you for your support!

With the kindest regards,

The entire team of PEN PAPER PEACE

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Jan 25, 2022
A great start to the new year!

By Jana Gottschalk | Project Leader

Hello!

A new year means new beginnings and we definitely have many of those at PEN PAPER PEACE. We hope you yourself could start well into the new year and are delighted to share some news with you from our partners at PasosPequeñitos daycare center:

After the Christmas vacation the daycare center is re-opening now. Corona still fosters a lot of uncertainty among parents, and some are hesitant to bring in their children to avoid infections in the family. Especially the very young children cannot be vaccinated yet, even though the vaccination rates in Honduras are very high. We hope that in the near future the daycare center will run at full capacity to give children a safe and stimulating environment, while their single parents are finishing their education.

We are more than thankful for your continuous support and hope that it will ensure the operation of PasosPequeñitos in 2022!

Project Contest

We at PEN PAPER PEACE ourselves are starting off the new year with a contest aimed at all young people who want to make a change in this world. We welcome any creative ideas on how to make the world a little bit better. The contest is organized by the FutureLab, a group of young volunteers within PEN PAPER PEACE. If you have an idea for a project or know someone that would be interested in participating, we would be delighted to receive an application until the end of February. For further information please consult: https://www.pen-paper-peace.org/unterstuetzen/zeit-spenden/future-lab.html - the site will soon be updated.

More great news

We even have more great news to share: PEN PAPER PEACE officially welcomes a new Managing Director: We are beyond happy and excited to introduce to you Inka Lange who starts in February! Sadly, this also means that we will have to say goodbye to Jana Gottschalk, who deserves our utmost gratitude and respect for the fantastic job and unimaginable service she has rendered PPP in the past almost four years.

If you would like to stay updated on all of our projects, we cordially invite you to register for our newsletter. All updates from our project in Haiti as well as any other updates will regularly be covered so that you will never miss out on what is going on at PEN PAPER PEACE. Simply fill in your name and email address at www.pen-paper-peace.org in the upper right corner.

We are excited for a great year ahead and hope that you will be a part of it!

With the kindest regards,

The entire team of PEN PAPER PEACE

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