This summer has been full of activities and learning opportunities for our students. All of our children were involved in either classes or camp. We sent a majority of our kids to their school, Kay Mere, for a summer camp that taught art projects, science projects, and more. Our oldest students continued to take classes at the school three days a week, while our youngest students received lessons at the JRF.
Teacher, Madame Mama, working with her preschool class this summer.
Once classes concluded in August, we spent two weeks taking our children on field trips and offering alternative activities at the JRF. We visited a local birth center, fire station, art gallery, airport, police station, vetiver distillery, hydroelectric dam, and water processing business. Our children really enjoyed these trips and became more interested in one day pursuing some of these careers. At the JRF, we spent some time doing fun art projects and spent two days jamming on percussion instruments with a local musician.
Left :Sarah Wallace, from Canada, opened a midwifery clinic in 2011, and led an educational session about her work with our girls interested in medicine; Right : One of our students, Frantzer, got to put on the full fire fighter suit as a demonstration!
About 25 kids have been working hard on their dance routines for the past nine months. They had their first recital at the end of July and they put on an excellent performance. We continue to value dance as an extracurricular activity because we know it’s a great outlet and encourages discipline and confidence.
Our beautiful students came together for a shot before their exciting performance.
SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018
Most recently, we have been very busy preparing our students for the school year. Students have been able to purchase book bags and school shoes by using their earned points, and we’ve continued to purchase books. We’ve accepted nine new students into our program since this summer, as well as collaborated with the school to start a scholarship program that expands our services. We will talk more about these advancements and more in our next update.
Top: Happy students stand with their new school books, as provided by the JRF; Bottom: Preschool students, Jacqueson, Nana, and Moizneka upon arrival from school.
As always, thank you for your continued support. We would not be here without you.
