Work continues on the club room and toilets and although progress has been a little slow we are excited that it’s all now coming together. As you can see from the photo, the ceiling is nearly complete and the wood floor is nearly finished too. Pastor Americo has also decided to knock through a side wall so that we can have an adjoining office and storage area which will be so helpful. In the bathroom, the pipes are all in for the toilets, sink and a shower and the tiles have been put in.
We are planning to have an ‘opening’ event on 22nd October when the children will sing some of the English songs they have learned and we will have an exhibition of some of their art work. We hope lots of their parents will come. That week we also hope to complete questionnaires with the families in order to help us decide the priorities for work in the community next year.
These last few weeks we have been holding the club in the Pastor’s house as it has been windy and, at times, wet and cold, making it difficult to continue outside. It is a little cramped in the house, but often some of the kids play volleyball outside, or take part in the sports challenge programme I have put together for them in the undercover area. Our themes for English and the Arts and Crafts have been ‘Food’ and ‘Families’.
Volunteers recently have come from the USA, Canada and Germany, and in addition to the language schools ‘Fair Play’, ‘San Blas’ and ‘Amauta’, we have started working with ‘Maximo Nivel’. We have enough staff now to continue until a couple of weeks after I leave in November. We’re a little unsure what will happen over the last part of term and summer holiday period (Dec – Feb) but Pastor Americo and Mary are planning something special for Christmas and a holiday club in January, so there will at least be something, even if not the daily club. I already have some enquiries about people wanting to come and work with us next year!
Another positive development is that the Bible Club on Saturdays has been going a lot better. I have helped the girls with resources and ideas and we have begun to use some of the money raised in the UK for help with nutrition (donations given as part of the jumper project) to give them a healthy snack each Saturday.
For more photos of the project click here.
More pictures will follow soon after the room has been painted and we have had the opening event next week.
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