Educate and Nourish 100 Dominican Children

The children are continuing to enjoy spending time at their school. This month, many educational items were purchased and delivered to the school to include children's books, scissors, glue, crayons, and toys such as balls, jump ropes, and gloves. Math and science tools were also purchased and delivered. We are now serving 125 children from 76 families in the very poorest region of the Dominican Republic: Cienfuegos. Our children are learning personal hygiene, reading, writing, and mathematics. This week, they worked to make jewelry: bracelets, necklaces, and rings with pony beads. The children help to keep the school clean by sweeping and mopping the floors.

We continue to purchase items as needed for the Center. In September, we received one $1000 donation, which went toward erecting lighting around the external perimeter of the center as a security measure. Smaller gifts received when toward food purchases for feeding our children. We continue to add to our educational program. The field coordinator will be visiting the Center in December, 2021. She will bring several teaching items including children's books, musical instruments, math manipulatives, science center items, playground equipment, expo markers, crayons, construction paper, scissors, small games, a microscope, an interactive calendar, bulletin board decor, and more and will present a pedagogical conference in science and mathematics for the tutors at the Center and area teachers.