School´s Out!

Right now the girls are out of school for the summer. We only had one girl, Nelcy, graduate, and that was from 6th grade. She will be headed off to secondary (high school) next year. The current schedule is fairly lax until after Christmas –we wanted the girls to get a chance to chill and take it easy. Once we are through the holiday season, the girls will be required to have English, Math, Personal Finance and Reading (where most all of them are currently behind), and then they will be able to have electives of music (voice and guitar), trade (making crafts, etc…), gymnastics, soccer, fishing, swimming (some of our girls do not know how), and occasional outings. Both of us couples will be using money that has been donated by you, our supporters.
These next few months (of summer) will allow us to catch some of the girls back up to speed scholastically and teach them some new hobbies. We are trying to cut costs by pulling on community members, using some of the People of Peru staff, and personally teaching some of these classes. It actually works to our advantage to involve more of the community, and other staff, in having the girls establish, or re-establish, some new friendships. This will hopefully help some of the girls push outside their comfort zones as well. This is an amazing growth opportunity for our girls. Thank you for your support.