The Casa of Intiwawa is now up and running! There is electricity and running water in the Intiwawa house. We also just bought some new furniture for the house, so we can work better with the kids.
Every Monday - Thursday Intiwawa runs ‘Tareas’ - an opportunity for the local children to come along to the house, receive help with their homework in a warm and friendly environment, read books and have a hot homemade meal. Our volunteers are able to spend quality time with the children, teaching them valuable life lessons such as teeth cleaning and recycling of waste.
A few weeks ago the kids had two week of school holidays, ‘Vacaciones’, so we altered our usual routine and arranged a variety of activities for the children. Workshops such as painting, theatre, treasure hunts and a mini Olympic Games encouraged the Intiwawa children to work together and to develop existing bonds between themselves and the staff.
This week we held a fundraising-party in one of the local clubs.The fundraising-party ´fiesta de anitifaces´ was a great success. We had about 350 people at the fiesta! Thanks to the collaboration of the party-people and the helping hands of the volunteers we are now able to improve our work and projects with the kids.
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