The start of a new school year

Classes in Arequipa are slowly starting up again. After the heavy rainfall schools and families need time to repair the damage.



As the school year starts the Intiwawa 'regular' projects are starting up as well. Last week the volunteers started helping out in the kindergarden or 'jardin'. There is one little kindergarden in San Isidro, there are about 18 children aged between 3 and 6. There is one classroom with one teacher for everyone. Since there is a big difference in the abilities of a 3 year old and a 6 year old we have volunteers to help out. They can focus a bit more on the smaller kids, helping with their school 'tasks', and helping with general tasks like giving food, cleaning up, taking the kids outside to play and so on.

Next week English and computer classes will start. We are waiting for the house to finish before starting up the homework project. This is planned beginning of April. As well other projects like intercultural project will start in April.

Dia del techo casa Intiwawa

What a wonderful day, after only one and a half month it was time to build the roof for the Intiwawa house. In Peru this is traditionally done with the help of everybody involved. Building a roof is a celebration, but also hard work! Volunteers, workers, children, women and men of San Isidro; everybody came together and helped in anyway they could. Carrying water, making cement, preparing food, helping wherever help was needed. After a hard days work the job was done and the roof is a fact.





With the roof on our Intiwawa house we come pretty close to realizing our dreams, soon we can start working at the intiwawa house. A place for the people of San Isidro, a place of solidarity, a place to learn, to come together... to realize dreams.

Congratulation and thanks to everyone involved in this project!