Our next stop was Kenko, a small village where Alma had set up a collectivo – school bus – to take the children to school in order to increase attendance. Unfortunately, this goal was not met, and we were there to figure out why the project didn’t work out. As we drove through the town […]
Today Phil, Octavio and I headed towards the Valle Sagrado to visit three villages where Alma has operated for the last few years. The projects have all finished this year, so our goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of the projects and meet with the children who participated. Our first stop was Patabamba, a relatively […]
Vision Statement To realize, through investment in enlightened education, a new generation of creative, critical thinkers who will improve the quality of life for indigenous peoples in Latin America. Mission Statement The Alma Foundation creates and implements play-based and project-based education programs utilizing local indigenous knowledge and language to reinforce critical thinking, creativity, analytical […]
To celebrate our milestone of benefiting 5000 children, Alma has started a new goal: to raise awareness of our projects and mission to over 5000 people in 2016! To help achieve this goal, we contacted local newspapers. Our first, of hopefully many publications was from the Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin, a local paper from Melanie’s home town. […]