Supporting children in the neighbourhood

THE CONTEXT OF YOUR INITIATIVE

We have a place in the Oasis neighbourhood where we carry out sales. It was in a companions meeting on 15 June 2012 that, after seeing how precarious the children’s education was, we decided to help them by providing academic assistance, also making the most of the fact that we have the support of a teacher, Jeanete Ramirez Palacios.

We looked at the local children’s situation, and decided to provide them with academic support from Monday to Friday in the afternoons (3-5 pm).

THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT AS PART OF YOUR INITIATIVE

We have managed to get an average of 50 children coming to our centre in the afternoons to receive academic support after their school day finishes.
At first, as well as educational support, we gave them a snack of a cold drink and a biscuit. Later, after hearing from our own companions, we realised that some of the children were not eating well, perhaps not even having breakfast before school, so we decided to give them a meal.

We switched the biscuits and a cold drink for chicken soup, stew or noodles and one hot drink per hour.

WHO IS INVOLVED FROM OUR GROUP?

There are almost 10 companions who are part of the group, as well as the teacher Jeanete Ramirez. We could also mention the families who have supported us by dropping their children off on time to give them the support we offer.

WHICH PARTNERS ARE YOU WORKING WITH ON THIS INITIATIVE?

FUTURE PROSPECTS

We have managed to support more than 50 schoolchildren.

Over the course of the year we also celebrate their birthdays (we do one shared celebration each month).

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INITIATIVE?

WHAT ARE YOUR PROSPECTS?

We are working to pay for the education and feeding of the children that come to our school with our own resources. That is why we are continuing with the work in Gálvez, to support this.

We hope to continue with what we are doing to help as many children as we can, providing them with support that they might not be able to receive in their own schools.