By Laura Baas | General Manager
Mundo de Talentos Report - July 2022
At the end of June, the 40 students of the second generation of Mundo de Talentos graduated! After working with us for two years they received their well-deserved diploma in the presence of their parents, brothers and sisters and guest teachers. On this festive day we looked back on all the adventures and encounters they lived together and we enjoyed a live demonstration of the parkour guest teachers. Our newly grads are excited to continue with the program of Mundo de Talentos Alumni after summer holidays. A few weeks earlier, our alumni Alex and Yamil visited the second-year group to explain about what it means to be an alumni and what kind of activities can be expected from the alumni project. Alex and Yamil shared their experiences of the past year and invited the students to become active members. Our group of alumni is growing! It’s great to see how involved they are and eager to keep on developing themselves.
Also, during the past three months Mundo de Talentos implemented a pilot in the village Teopisca, at 40 minutes from San Cristóbal de Las Casas, in the Highlands of Chiapas. Our coordinator, Miguel Contreras, worked with 20 very motivated and enthused students of the jr. high school José Antonio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez. All kinds of guest teachers visited the pilot and inspired the students with their passion like biology, social work, jewelry, agronomy psychology and other topics. It was a great success! The students are eager to continue with the program. After evaluating the pilot with the students, their parents and the team of the high school we are excited to share with you that we will kick off officially with Mundo de Talentos in Teopisca with 40 students from September 2022!
Great news about the expansion of Mundo de Talentos! During the first days of June, we visited Oaxaca de Juárez, the capital of the southern Mexican state called Oaxaca, to meet our new colleagues of Hotel con Corazón and other possible collaborators. We had several inspiring interviews and found a coordinator for the pilot! In September 2022 we will start working together and design the program to be implemented in Oaxaca during September to November. Our first days in Oaxaca were especially pleasant because of the warm welcome we received by Saskia Fiselier, Erica Donkers, Silvana Corres and the rest of the team of Hotel con Corazon! At the end of August we will be back to start preparing for this brand-new initiative.
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