Education Mexico Project #58297

Educate Children in Mexico

by Centro Infantil de los Angeles

Project Report | Oct 11, 2024
Fall 2024 update

By Tammy Kjos | President of the Board of Directors

Mexican Independence Day

Dear Friend,

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You are an Angel!

By Tammy Kjos | President of the Board of Directors

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Hola Dear Friend,

On behalf of the entire Centro Infantil de los Angeles team, I want to thank you for the incredible support you have given this organization! You are making a difference for over 120 low-income children. You are helping them recieve a positive early head-start to education and successfully preparing them for their future. You are an Angel!

Thanks to supporters like you, our classrooms have basic school supplies like pencils, books and playdough. We can afford to keep the electricity and internet on and we are able to pay 5 of our 6 Preschool teachers and 2 daycare attendants for the 2024-2025 school year. Last year we had two volunteer teachers and our goal was to pay at least one of them for this year. Thank you for helping us make this happen! Our dedicated teachers are important to the success of our program!

As we enter this new school year, we want to thank you for all of your support. 100% of our income is from donations and grants. You are so valuable to us!

Together, we have provided support to over 100 families for an entire year, provided extra help to students and their families with Downs Syndrome, Autism, grief, trauma and one student battling cancer. I am so proud of the way this organization shows empathy and compassion to others. Much of the appreciation goes to our Director Patricia Palacios Cortez. She sees the needs and steps in to help.

Our Kindergarteners have graduated and moved on. Gratefully, we have 40 new children in preschool and 7 new babies in the daycare. Costs of maintaining our facilities and operating the daycare and school keep increasing. Prices go up and the value of the peso goes down. Your help is still needed to continue operations. There are more children who need our help and one volunteer teacher who should receive pay.

More help is needed to fully fund our 2024-2025 school year. For just $1,000 you could ensure that one daycare child receives a year of free daycare services. For $50 a month your recurring contribution can sponsor a preschool child for one year.

Thank you for your support!

Tammy Kjos

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Daycare room with volunteers

Hugs for teacher!

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May 9, 2024
Spring update

By Tammy Kjos | President of the Board of Directors

Jan 5, 2024
Thanks to you, we thrived in 2023!

By Tammy Kjos | President of the Board of Directors

Big hug

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for being an angel to our organization! This year we have 4 Early Childhood/Preschool classrooms and 2 daycare classrooms. We can now accomodate up to 20 babies. Thanks to your thoughtfulness, we are able to give our teachers a cost-of-living pay increase starting January 2024 and Centro Infantil de los Angeles' Early Childhood center is able to continue operations until the end of our 2023- 2024 school year in July.

We have a few children with special needs and we are so happy that we can help families pay for the special therapy these children need. One 3 year old girl has Autism. As you can imagine, it is a challenge for the family and classroom teacher to keep this little girl engaged and focused. She is given some freedom to move around the classroom, more than the other children, and also receives therapy. Our staff and this girl's family are learning valuable coping mechanisms for themselves and tools to help this little girl and her classmates learn, grow and thrive together.

You made a difference! You helped us reach children from economically disadvantaged homes, some of whom have learning disabilities. Giving these children an early start on education is a tremendous benefit to their future. You helped me, too. Look at the picture of the heart warming hugs these little ones gave me during my volunteer visit in November. You could receive hugs too by being a volunteer!

Our goal for this project is to raise $50,000 per year to cover costs of teacher salaries, utilities, curriculum, supplies and nutritious snacks. We are only $3,756. short of our goal for this school year. Please consider an extra donation to help us fully meet this goal, so we can look forward to continuing to provide services to our families in the 2024-2025 school year.

May you know inner peace and joy in 2024,

Tammy Kjos

President of the Board of Directors

Centro Infantil de los Angeles

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