The Forgotten Children of the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes

The schools,Rafaela Herrera and Santa Teresa gathered data to identify those needing school unifrm for 2019. The following was sent by the Deputy Headteacher, Amada Griselda Cruz Barrios On Thursday, 8 November 2018, 20:21:45 GMT, Griselda Cruz. <cruzbarriosgriselda@gmail.com> wrote: hola profesora, Carolyn estamos terminando el primer informe JODE Y MI PERSONA, CREO QUE ES ASI,.. ... ESPECIAL AGREDECIMENTO DE PARTE DE LA DIRECCIÓN DEL NER ..RAFAELA HERRERA POR HABERNOS PERMITIDO LOGRAR LA COBERTURA DE LA MATRICULA ESCOLAR DE NUESTRO CENTRO, BENEFICIANDO A NUESTRO NIÑOS Y NIÑAS  CON UNIFORMES ESCOLARES ,FAVORECIÓ A LA ECONOMÍA DE LOS PADRES DE FAMILIA, HUBO PERMANENCIA DE LOS NIÑOS Y NIÑAS BENEFICIADOS EN LAS AULAS DE CLASES,MOTIVACIÓN POR ASISTIR  A CLASES TANTO DEL PADRE COMO   LOS ESTUDIANTES. INCENTIVAR A MEJORAR LA CALIDAD DEL APRENDIZAJE... GRACIAS POR AYUDAR CADA DÍA A SER MEJORES. AGRADECIENDO. ATTE: JOSE ANTONIO RUIZ, AMADA GRISELDA CRUZ ...

Activities to support the education and welfare of children on Ometepe Island NIcaragua Donations can now be made through the website of the Peace and Hope Trust who are supporting the project with transporting goods and with donations through their charity status. This adds a further 25% onto eligible donations through gift aid. The Peace and Hope Trust   Use donate button and Click Carolyn Gibbs at bottom left of page. If you wish to make a monthly donation, click 'donate monthly ' on Peace and Hope site, click highlighted text link, for additional instructions, and enter Gibbs-Ometepe project.  All payments are cross checked between the Peace and Hope trust and myself monthly to ensure nothing is incorrectly accredited. Thank you to all who supported us at Billifest.  So far we have raised just over £600, with some more donations expected. The next time I plan to exhibit will be at The Laughing Dog Gallery with friends 19th-31st...

On Sunday 7th October I was able to talk to the congregation of The Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel about the project.  Stuart Coupe who led the service had designed a Nicaraguan themed service for the Harvest Festival using the writings of Ernesto Cardenal. This was another step in developing links and support in the local Community. Just to say thanks for Sunday- it was perfect in content and length and  the feedback has been very positive regarding working with you. It  really helped to galvanise interest and spread understanding. The Chapel Billingshurst 1 October at 11:54  ·  Our HARVEST SERVICE this Sunday, 7th October at 10.30am will be led by Stuart Coupe. Carolyn Gibbs from The Peace and Hope Trust will give a short talk about the trust and moneys raised from produce brought will go towards the charity. All welcome. Small in Stature, Big of Heart Back in 1754, a small group of wor...

In August a request was received to support the children's participation in their national festival celebrations, part of which are taking place in the school. Because of the current crisis parents cannot contribute, as they may have done in the past. The fund has given $100 to cover the cost of the gymnastics and band instructor, and to provide some refreshments.  We are pleased to have been able to support the children in these activities. Children from the school gained third place in the first part of the competition.  National parades and gymnastics September 2018  The instruments that need updating, hopefully before next year. The football team that had done so well during the year and whom we have supported both with uniform and expenses to attend matches. They received a diploma of recognition. 15th September celebration of independence of Central America. Las Pilas Pedro Joaquin Chamorro scho...

Grateful thanks is given to the individuals and attendees at our events, who have so kindly donated to this worthy cause to help the children of Ometepe. Current income. £3570.36 Projected  balance after expenditure £2654.23

REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS IN THE NER RAFAELA HERRERA.    We thank God for finding on our way Carolyn, the protagonist of our dreams and to all the people who have made it possible to overcome our education challenges  in our Rafaela Herrera Rural Education Centre. Our educational centre is the headquarters of Interaction Learning Meetings where Knowledge, Experiences, and Educational Strategies are exchanged. Training is given to 52 teachers from 3 different educational centres each month so we can better transmit our knowledge to our students through the use of the DATAPROJECTOR, SOUND EQUIPMENT, AND COMPUTER We also provide meetings for parents with counselling topics. Research is done on the different content for which we don’t have up to date books, in the different subjects taught. We perform the different educational events commemorating the different festivals such as: Mother's day, child's day, father's day, teacher's da...

It is really good to receive updates from Rafael Herrera School; the fooball teams have been participating in the local league wearing the uniforms we bought. They have now been successful in getting through to the National competition which requires them to go to Managua for four days.  $50 was provided for support to enable them to go to the mainland for the local league, and they are now seeking support to take them to Managua for four days. $100 was provided from current funds. Donations to help this will be much appreciated as these could be life changing opportunities for these children and give a sense of pride to a remote community. The children performed well in Managua but were knocked out of the contest.  There is always next year!! We are pleased to have supported them in this activity. On 29th May, the children celebrated , Mothers' Day in Nicaragua using the speakers that were provided by your donations.  Despite the current unrest ...