Give Children a Safer and Happier Childhood

Dear friend, 

Since March, children and teenagers have returned to kindergartens and  schools, as they did before the pandemic. The hectic pace of life has been affecting them negatively, increasing their levels of anxiety and stress. Therefore, it is so important that we keep working with and for them.

We have been working with children and teachers from the Polytechnic School of Concón, because we are designing and planning the construction  of a greenhouse classroom for their school. This project will take place in the second semester of this year.

Additionally, the older children of the school  participated in a farming workshop last March, in our greenhouse. 

In May, we visited the children of Conconcito Kindergarten to activate the orchards they have in their own greenhouse, in that opportunity they learned about vermiculture and sustainable farming.

Contact with nature (or grounding) has allowed them to reconnect with themselves, at the same time they could learn by doing, about the environment.

We are very excited, because next month will start the first cycle of our training workshop on sustainable construction. In this opportunity some students from the Polytechnic School of Concón, and other teenagers will learn carpentry, ground construction and water reuse systems.

Regards,

We've been working really hard to give a great space to the community, specially children. At this is possible thanks to your support!

In October, we started the construction of a greenhouse. This is a tool for us, to show to the community, about the importance of nature, and promote "learning by doing". We want to let kids to play around nature, and also learn about plants, recycling, and to show them the origin of fruits and vegetables.  

In November, after the construction, we started our work with the childhood around the greenhouse. We realized a cycle of workshops about gardening, movement and art. Every workshop was for 15 kids of the community of Concón, in the region of Valparaíso.

For these workshops, we worked in alliance with a network of kinder gardens, which receives most vulnerable kids. Due to pandemia, most of these kids were spending a lot of time in their own house, without a contact with nature, free playing and socialization. 

This was a really important step to benefit more kids!! We're really excited about 2022. 

Thank again for the support. Stay safe!

Carolina