Project Update: Patabamba – January 2015
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Yearly Archives: 2015
Project Update: Patacancha – January 2015
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Project Update: Colcha– January 2015
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Meet Veronica from Mosoq Runa
Veronica is in 6th grade and has been living in Mosoq Runa for four years now with her two brothers. When Veronica first arrived, her academic level was very low. With the support provided, her overall level has been improving, although her reading comprehension improving less rapidly. Recently, Veronica has been attending the academic reinforcement […]
Meet Melanie and Maribel from Manos Unidos
Meet Melanie (6 years old) and Maribel (7 years old) who are included for their first year in Velasco Astete 2nd grade classroom. Melanie and Maribel both came to Camino Nuevo with little to no verbal speech, very shy immersed in their own worlds. Neither child took notice in the other children or showed interest in interacting […]
Project Update: Reforzamiento – January 2015
Click to read the latest Reforzamiento update. (Text is in Spanish).
Volunteer Profile: Olga Melnikova
If you’ve noticed that we’re much more active on Facebook and posting blogs a lot more regularly these days, it’s because we’ve got a fantastic volunteer helping us out! Olga Melnikova joined the Alma volunteer team last year after hearing about us through a friend. Here’s what Olga had to say […]
Sariry Foundation – Final activities to conclude 2014 efforts
Haga clic aquí para el texto original en Español . Children portrayed the birth of Jesus in a play. They also sang Christmas carols as a way of demonstrating their adoration for infant Jesus. At Sariry, these activities provide a space for reflection on human values, family life and the rights of infants. On these […]
Family Gatherings at the Sariry Foundation
The Sariry Foundations works with children and teenagers that come from the families usually characterized by the absence of one or two parents. Often this is the case because both parents leave home for work, or in other cases the farther abandons the family or dies. In this situation the basic needs of the family (such as […]
Project Update: Kiya Survivors – September 2014
Click here to read the most recent update from our Kiya Survivors project. Haga clic aquí para leer la actualización de Septiembre 2014.
Project Update: Sariry Foundation – October 2014
Click here for project update – October 2014 Haga clic aquí para leer la última informe – Octubre 2014 (en Español).
Project Update: Centro Yanay – December 2014
To read the latest update on Centro Yanay, click here. (Update is in Spanish.) Haga clic aquí para leer la última informe del Centro Yanay (en Español).
Project Update: Sariry – December 2014
Haga clic para leer la actualización de diciembre 2014. Sariry
Passing Projects – Patacancha Trout Farm and Sihua
December 2014 not only closed out the year, but also brought to a close some of Alma’s earliest projects. A key piece of our sustainable project policy is to eventually pass the projects off to the communities themselves. Each year, the communities we work in take more and more responsibility for the coordination and administration […]
Project Update: Biblioteca Kallpanchis – December 2014
Click to read the latest update from Kallpanchis.
What’s in a name?
When I started this charity five years ago I didn’t give too much thought to the name. I chose “Alma” because in Spanish it means “soul” and has a deep spiritual meaning. I had encountered it often in Spanish literature and poetry and liked the sound of the word. However, it doesn’t translate well […]