This month we celebrate one year since our preschool program began! I can’t believe a whole year has whipped by so quickly! Last January we hired Maria Alicia Choc (Ali) and she began teaching the children in our Community Hall on January 15th. Seven weeks later, we moved everyone over to our just completed “learning […]
The Holidays at Project Somos
It has been a busy couple of weeks for us at Project Somos. We held our Santa workshop where for two days, our workers made beautiful wooden toys for the kids! (their kids and the Somos kids) This year we made wagons and wooden block sets (like Jenga). We had our second annual solstice celebration. […]
Facing the Challenges
Excerpted from my speech at our Grand Fiesta on Thursday, October 29th. Eighteen months ago we welcomed our first two families. Since then we have helped five women and fifteen children. We have learned some valuable lessons in this short time period; Without the ability to envision something better, people cannot change their course. When […]