Outcomes

1. Children participating in the Toy Library project have been able to develop leadership skills, teamwork, conflict and family violence management.

2. They have strengthened their capacity for mathematical logic and reading comprehension.

3. The participants have deepened the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

4. Children from 1 - 5 years old have developed early stimulation and psychomotor skills.

5. A link has been created between families, the Parish and the Municipality, weaving a new social structure in Layo.

Background

As Religious of the Sacred Heart, the search for justice, peace and the integrity of creation cuts across all dimensions of our life. We want it to be a benchmark for discernment in the choice of our relationships, projects and commitments. We want to continue to walk with young people. Many of them are engaged in justice and are concerned about the future of our common home. We need to be with all of them in their search for God, for the meaning and value of life.

Backgroung

The parish school "Madre Admirable" is set on the slopes of the San Pedro hill in the district of El Agustino (Lima). It gives support to children and young people of limited economic resources who mostly come from dysfunctional families with a history of family abuse. A considerable percentage of the children/students have reading and writing problems.

Activities

• Formal education lessons
• Opening of a library
• Mathematics worshops

Background

Bambamarca is th poorest and most marginalised provinces in the Dpt of Cajamarca. It is a district with high rate of malnutrition, illiteracy and environmental pollution as a result of mining exploitation.

Objective

To improve technical manual skills of young people attending the CEBA: 

Activities

• Manual workshops

Background

Within the Sacred Heart School, in 1984, the Independent Study Programme for Adults was created, today the Centre for Alternative Basic Education (CEBA), to provide an opportunity to study for young people and adults who had to abandon their secondary education due to poverty, expulsion from other educational centres, early pregnancy, etc.

Background

The Special Education Centre is set within the Colegio Mater Admirabile, El Agustino.

Objective

To improve the sensorial skills of the students of the Centre for Special Needs of the Mater Admirabile School, El Agustino. 

Outcomes

Background

Layo is a Andean village (about 5.000 inhabitants) where year average temperature range from 7°C to 8°C. Due to these temperatures, agriculture is difficult. Most of its inhabitants are bilingual Quechua and Spanish speakers. They are self-sustained farmers with literacy difficulties.

Objective

To increase knowledge and productive skill of indigenous youth and adults of six rural communities of the Layo district.

Activities.

Background

Throughout the 20th century, Lima grew in population, production, employment, education, and health; these changes also brought cases of marginalisation among populations, in particular among internal migrants. 

The project is set in the suburb of Lima in the Cerro (hill) del San Pedro - El Agustino, a slum which counts a high number of internal migrants. This is where the RSCJ community has chosen, in 2008, to implement its Educational Institution "Mater Admirabilis".

Objective