The Importance of Education

I received the following note recently from Emma Siria, one of our Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) Directors.

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In 2008 I met a woman named Rosa.  At that time she had 7 children and no husband.  Suany 10, a boy 9, Angelica 7, Cecilia 5, Lisseth 4, Cipriano 2, a baby a few months old and she was pregnant again.  After visiting Rosa's home and realizing the extreme poverty that they lived in we invited her to enroll her children in the Early Childhood Development Center but she did not want to.  Her excuse was that her children had to take care of her house because she and her 11 year old son worked.  We kept insisting and we visited her numerous times until we were finally able to convince her.  She enrolled the three young girls since the older children had to take care of the 2 year old and the baby.  Sometimes Suany would show up at the school to ask for food.  Rosa, the mom, did not attend a single parent meeting during the entire year. 

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Kids Are Great

The children are so great and they are everywhere down here. They are the innocent, forgotten victims of irresponsible parents. The new “Guardería” or kindergarten style day school of the church in the village of Limon de la Cerca is now offering free of charge the most basic of needs to nearly 100 hundred children. What are these most basic needs? A warm hug from a teacher, a soft lap to cry or nap on, a bowl of food, but more than anything else, the opportunity for many children to learn about Christ and see his love through our six teachers every day.

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