Jhon Adriel is in the 4th grade at our Huadhua program. We asked him about how the program has helped his self-confidence. He said: “At first, I was afraid to speak in front of my classmates, I just watched what they participated, sometimes I wanted to cry when the teacher asked me […]
My years as a boxer taught me early on that stepping to the side and looking from a slightly different angle will open up entirely new opportunities and perspectives. This holds true in teaching, as well. Today I reviewed a project outline where the main challenge was to “cultivate a nutritional eco-garden to promote […]
We have started meeting with the parents in different communities where Alma has been implementing our programming. Recently we went to the community of Huathua Laguna, district of Quiquijana, province of Quispicanchi. The road to this community is already rough and because of the continuous rain, the road was incredibly slippery. We almost got […]
Ian recently came to Bolivia to help us with training. He tells us that there are two different types of training: training and effective training. The question the Alma team has to answer is: What is the difference between these two types of training? The more we train and learn from each other the […]
We started the year recruiting teachers for the new school year 2019. Teachers who are enthusiastic to learn something different and willing to face new education challenges. The ALMA team got training and we prepare to continue disseminating the ALMA curriculum along with our teaches. This curriculum promotes CRITICAL THINKING, ANALYTICAL THINKING, AND CREATIVITY […]
Alejandro is 10 years old and lives in the Manguita community. Until recently he was a shy boy and not very sociable and did not have good grades in school. As a student in the Alma program, Alejandro is beginning to show encouraging signs in school performance and his teachers said recently he is […]
Over the course of 2018, the Alma Foundation implemented five new projects – and we’re ready to keep growing. The new year brings an even greater challenge. This year we are implementing a total of 28 new projects. It won’t be easy but we are preparing for it, by training. We focused in […]