Tuesday, June 23, 2015

2015: Somos fuertes! We are strong!

It is great to be back for my sixth summer. Nicaragua is beautiful as usual. I missed the rain on tin roofs, mangos falling like leaves, and amazing gente. I am so lucky to be able to continue to work alongside this wonderful community.

The girls at Las Yahoskas are so grown up and it is great to meet the new ladies! A few of the girls were 4 and 5 when we met them in 2008. Now they are all grown up and in high school! Time flies...

I am humbled as an educator with every day I spend with Las Yahoskas. They are incredibly patient, kind, and energetic. Our week long self-esteem workshop has began! We worked on fostering personal strengths (fuerzas) by writing "I am" poems and drawing "power pictures." The girls want you to see their amazing work below! 







Check out the Girls Only Toolkit via Google. It has been used by LAUSD and others, and it is a great girls empowerment curriculum!