Lingering gaps in children’s education were the focus of this project.
In the impoverished rural hamlet of Nuevo Mocupe, Madre Oliva Association provided 25 boys and girls, ages 4 to 11, with afterschool educational reinforcement and a nutritional snack 6 days a week. Preschoolers attended Mondays and Tuesdays while primary schoolchildren attended Wednesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays were dedicated to interactive learning in groups. And on Fridays and Sundays, the whole family was able to take part in arts and crafts. Therapists offered workshops every two months to the children’s parents on topics such as mental health, how to detect learning disabilities, and parent-child relationships.
For 3 children who had been unable to attend school because their parents could not afford to pay for the required supplies, travel or uniforms, these were provided.
Our thanks to the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada for their support of this project.