Teacher Training 2016 Year End Review
To view the 2016 year end review for the Teacher Training project please click here.
From the Field
Alma Alumni 2016 Review
To view the 2016 year end review for the Alma Alumni project please click here.
Meet Rodrigo from Monte Cristo
Rodrigo is a student who attended our secondary school project in Monte Cristo, Bolivia in 2-16. The information below was collected at the end of the 2016 academic year. Rodrigo was born on August 21, 2017, in the beautiful community of Monte Cristo. He studied both primary and secondary school in the small school of the […]
Las Palmeras Success Story
“A community without a school never moves forward. It’s the school that creates a true community around children and the young.” – Mother, Las Palmeras In 2016 we implemented a brand new project with the community of Las Palmeras. The goal: to create a school from scratch. Las Palmeras is a new community founded only […]
Araypallpa – 2016 Review
Impact measurement is extremely important to Alma. To learn about the impact measurements and success stories from the Araypallpa project in 2016, please review the Document H. If you have any questions about the project, please email info@almafoundation.ca.
Manos Unidas – 2016 Review
Impact measurement is extremely important to Alma. To learn about the impact measurements and success stories from the Manos Unidas project in 2016, please review the Document H. If you have any questions about the project, please email info@almafoundation.ca.
Sariry – 2016 Review
Impact measurement is extremely important to Alma. To learn about the impact measurements and success stories from the Sariry project in 2016, please review the Document H. If you have any questions about the project, please email info@almafoundation.ca.
Congratulations Alalay team!
One of partners, Alalay, was recently bestowed by the Bolivian parliament with the country’s highest civilian honour: “Galardon Illimani de Oro”. The founder, Claudia, upon completing her law degree was moved to action by the plight of street kids in her city of La Paz. She walked away from law and began working with these […]
Meet Vidal from Las Palmeras
Vidal was born on September 5th, 2011 to Albina and Roberto. Both of Vidal’s parents are under the age of 30 years old. Vidal has one younger brother Yhon Oliver. Yhon and Vidal are always together taking care of each other. Vidal is a joyful and charismatic child. At home, he takes pride in being the […]
We can make sure that no child is left behind
Yesterday I visited Alma’s partner project– El Manguare in the jungle region of Peru. El Manguare provides early childhood stimulation and first-grade preparation classes to children from the neighbourhood of Belen in Iquitos – one of the most economically impoverished neighbourhoods in Peru. In the visit I quickly learned that the living conditions are extremely […]
Meet Juliana from the Trinidad Centre for Special Needs
Juliana Catima Álvarez is an eight-year-old girl in first grade at the Trinidad Centre for Special Needs (TCS). She went to school for the first time in 2016. Juliana suffers from down syndrome and has communication problems since she cannot pronounce words. However, she is able to gesticulate very well to communicate. She is quiet […]
Meet Yhoselin Quispe Guarachi
Meet Yhoselin, a 9 years old currently attending our partner project Sariry in La Paz, Bolivia. Yhoselin is in the second grade. She has two older sisters and one older brother. All of her siblings are studying and are in charge of their two parents. Additionally, they work full days as public officials, thereby failing […]
Meet Yeraldine from Villa Alba
Yeraldine is a 5 year-old girl, from our early childhood stimulation program in Villa Alba. She is the third of four siblings. Her parents are Wilson and Yaneth. Yeraldine joined the Villa Alba program to support her learning when she was in the first grade. Prior to joining the program, Yeraldine had difficulty recognizing letters or numbers. […]
Tuksa 2016 Year End Review
To read the year end review for our Tuksa project, please click here.
Teacher Training
Though I tend to focus on our work and adventures in the communities high in the mountains or deep in the jungle, a core aspect of everything we do happens in the much more accessible urban centers: teacher training. In 2016, we hired and trained 30 teachers to implement innovative curriculums focused on critical and […]
Why we implement student portfolios
One of the most common complaints I hear in schools is that the parents aren’t involved. For the most part, it’s true – the parents tend to focus more on farming and their animals more than their children’s education. That’s why in our projects we implement student portfolios. Each month our teachers compile digital portfolios […]
A hail storm in Karhuacalla
I was in Karhuacalla yesterday for our final dia de logro (achievement day) with the parents of Karhuacalla, where we have a primary school biblioteca project. The students had finished presenting what they had learned throughout the year, and we were reviewing the last four of the 28 digital portfolios that we create for […]
Alan’s trip to Huadhua
This blog was written by our founder Alan Harman on the fourth day of his recent trip to Peru and Bolivia. The drive up to Huadhua is my favourite. The first 90 minutes is main road but goes through the town (intersection) known for chichiron (roast pig) then the town (intersection) known for cuy (guinea […]
Flea Polluters
Bolivia’s Environmental situation has been deteriorating in the last decade on an alarming and uncontrollable scale. As we are not a big industrial country yet and don’t have a big population; you may find it rather concerning to face facts that Bolivia leads the Deforestation Per- Capita index in the world, being a big country […]
Supporting the 4% – Manos Unidas
Only 4% of children with special needs in Cusco receive formal education. Alma supports Manos Unidas because they are working to change this statistic every day. Started in 2008, they are the first non-profit education centre for children with special needs. As my sister had special needs, this cause has always been very close to […]