The 2015 Biblioteca Project is, academically, the most complicated project we’ve implemented to date. We are not only reinforcing regular curriculum subjects outside of the classroom, but more importantly we are creating a space where students’ creative and critical thinking skills can flourish. Getting to the point where students are sufficiently comfortable, and teachers are […]
*Ver abajo texto original en Espanol Some of the youngest kids in the community, less than 6 years old, who attend the Sariry program, have parents who, out of economic necessity, have had to leave for other places in search of work, leaving the young children in the care of their grandmothers. When these kids […]
Click to read the Project Planning Questionnaire (in Spanish) for our San Lorenzo Biblioteca Project / Leer más (en Español): Cuestionario del Plan de Proyecto – San Lorenzo Biblioteca Project – August 2015
Click to read the Project Planning Questionnaire (in Spanish) for our Araypallpa Biblioteca Project / Leer más (en Español): Cuestionario del Plan de Proyecto – Araypallpa Biblioteca Project – August 2015
Leer más: Project Biblioteca Kallpanchis – August 2015
On the last Friday of every month, all the teachers working in our Biblioteca projects throughout Cusco come together for a day to exchange experiences and training. During our latest training workshop, we discussed a very important, but often overlooked, aspect of our Biblioteca projects: the student portfolio. The student portfolio is a tool […]
Leer más: Project Cochirhuay – June 2015
Click here to read the most recent update from our Alalay project.
*Ver abajo texto original en Español To benefit from the winter winds, kids from the Sariry Foundation, and the community, interacted in the holidays, constructing kites (also called comets). It was fun because they had to recover traditional games and make use of their creativity, imagination, perseverance, and independence in order […]
It was unlikely that I would become close with Vilma. She is one of the more shy students in Huadhua, where we run a biblioteca project. On the opening day of the project, the entire community held an inaugural event and everyone was in attendance. All the children were so excited to start that once […]
On the first day of the Biblioteca project in Huadhua, after speaking with the teachers and parents and playing some games with the students, the first thing we did was divide the students into groups and give each group an unopened digital camera. We then proceeded to open the boxes together and search for each […]
Click to read the Alma Alumni – Project Outline
Click to read the Huadhua – Project Outline
Click to read the Biblioteca Patatinta – Project Outline
Click to read the final evaluation (in Spanish) for our Tuksa Biblioteca Project / Leer más (en Español): Project Update – Tuksa Biblioteca – February 2015
Leer más: Project Update- Markuray – March 2015
The new school year has just begun and Alma has been out in the field attending many parents’ assemblies to get our projects ready for 2015! Some of the communities are the same as last year, but there are many new projects in new communities almost ready to begin as well. One of the new […]
On a recent trip to Cusco, I had the privilege of accompanying Ian McGroarty and his assistant Octavio on his visits to two of the Alma Foundation projects. We visited the Colcha and the Cochirhuay communities and Ian spoke with the teachers and students about the projects for this year. It was very evident by […]
Click to read the final evaluation (in Spanish) for our Sihua project / Leer más (en Español): Project Update – Sihua – January 2015
Click to read the latest update / Leer más: Project Update – Pampacucho – January 2015 (en Español y Ingles)