E-VEN : Evening the educational gap in Venezuela

During the summer break, our volunteers prepared to be ready to go back to our classes, and what a way to get back to our amazing routine! We successfully started the student registration process and finished our volunteer capacitation!

For every academic year, we are dedicated to reordering our contents and materials to provide the best quality education to our students in Los Roques and Canaima. For the 2022-2023 academic year, we have standardized our classes, planning the academic content annually. Also, we have organized continuous evaluations, reviews, and didactic reinforcement activities. Finally, we have worked on creating new curricular units and generating educational guides!

To end this project report, we would like to leave you with some quotes from our teachers who traveled this first trimester to Los Roques and Canaima!

• “Nothing compared to the first day of class when the children arrived excited with their new shirts, ecstatic to listen to what the teachers had to say. It’s difficult to think that the paradise we were in was usually pushed to the background of the experience, but it’s true! Once you are embraced by the community, every little part of your day takes precedence and is carved into your heart.” Teacher Gabriel Hidalgo (Los Roques).
• “One of my favorite moments in class was when we reviewed the professions and each one of them told us what they want to be when they grow up. I was moved to see them dream big without limitations, and that we are contributing to help them get there.” Teacher Ariadna Salinas (Canaima).