By Shantal Sotomayor | Project Leader
Karina - one of our fellows - is a teacher in a small school located in the Runtu community in San Marcos, Ancash. She took on the challenge of teaching a classroom with students from 1st to 4th grade of elementary school using the TiNi methodology, which centers learning experiences on the Earth so that students can connect class topics with nature.
The school designated a space for students to plant crops while reinforcing subjects like math, communication, science and art. Through this way of learning, students developed a high level of environmental awareness and it gave rise to the "Runtu Limpio" project, a cleaning campaign in which parents, neighbors, school principal and district mayor joined the students to clean different areas in the community. The students were the ones leading this project and were even able to broadcast messages environmental awareness trough the local radio.
This is the kind of education that all students in Peru deserve: an education that puts the student at the center of learning, that builds around their needs and gives them the autonomy to be leaders that positively influence their communities. On International Day of Education, we want to say thank you for being part of this movement and making possible more stories like this!
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