Semillas de Amor: Construction in Progress!

Update from Sheena at Semillas de Amor:

Good news! Construction has begun on a permanent structure to house the foundation Seeds of Love! Without a permanent structure, children are crammed into the limited patio space afforded them by a friend of the foundation. This is only made more inconvenient by the rain, which falls incessantly during these Winter months. However with a respite in the rain our dedicated handymen have begun preparing the space for construction!

In more good news, the children of the foundation this week learned the alphabet in English. Leadership was practiced by older children as they guided others through pronunciation of each letter. The children then faced a group challenge of tapping the right letter in an alphabet game and team “Hot Dogs” beat team “Hamburgers” five to two!

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Semillas de Amor: The English Race

The following is from Sheena, an intern at Semillas de Amor:

The boys have invaded the English class, and so has grammar! This week the students started working on sentence construction. In pairs they raced to put the words in order to form phrases. I was incredibly proud to see my more experienced students helping newer students. During the last class Silfredo (8), pictured above with arms waving high, was having a lot of trouble putting the sentences in order. This class, with a little repetition and guidance from the others, he was able to not only put the sentence in order, but also give his brother Cristian (15), to the right of Silfredo, a run for his money during the racing game. He's become a lot more confident in the process and when I see him outside of class he's always ready to ask, "What is your name?"

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Semillas de Amor: Dreams and English

Entry by Sheena, an intern at Semillas de Amor: 

Many of the local girls here in Turbaco, Colombia have great aspirations to be chefs of international cuisine, doctors, and everything inbetween. Wendy (17), second from left, wants to be a nurse and Yuriko (10), third from left, wants to be a doctor. English is emphasized in school and at the local public university in Cartagena. In order to graduate from the university they have to pass a rigorous English test. Desipte this, many of the girls have a hard time with pronunciation and speaking and many do not know the alphabet from memory. We´re practicing as a group and the girls are already showing great progress.

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