It has been
a very busy few weeks out at the family support centre. Firstly we
had Lauren an ex Pop Wuj student come out and give a couple yoga classes with
the kids. Some took to it like ducks to water and others more like cats, but
none the less we all had a great time trying.
Then last
week we celebrated Día del Árbol or Arbor Day. We took our usual Thursday
activity, with the students from Pop Wuj, on the road to the house of Doña
Sylvia, our hard working cook at the centre. Juan, the environmental projects
coordinator and Adam the centre coordinator conducted a very informative lesson
on the importance of trees in our lives, before everyone making a symbolic
planting of 6 trees. Of which we have assigned some of the children the
responsibility to look after.
Also this
Monday marked the start of the rejuvenated recycling program out at the centre.
To prevent the burning of plastic in the homes, we are encouraging the kids to
bring their plastic bottles from their homes, schools and the streets. The
first few days have been a great success, with hundreds of bottles being
brought in. We have started a little competition to see which kids can bring
the most bottles, so we will update you with this month’s winners in a couple
weeks time.