Health and education for children in Chiapas

This month we said goodbye to a new group of graduates in Arrumacos.

The girls and boys who are part of the educational space had their farewell, after several years with us.

That day, their families were able to share with them and them their achievements, advances and say goodbye to this space that accompanied them for so long. Moms, dads, girls and boys watched a video showing the activities, laughter and adventures of the year.

Also, they shared food and said goodbye to Lena, our German volunteer.

We are ready for a new adventure, to receive new girls and boys from next month and to continue working with the first indigenous childhood in San Cristóbal.

Thank you for this wonderful trip!

The year with the children began with a work strongly focused on identities. For this reason, the educators developed various educational projects with which they worked.

The project, this is how we are, sought to encourage girls and boys to identify their peers and the group, trying to get girls and boys to recognize their newcomers and affirm with those who have been there since last semester. All of us are different and equal in rights, sought to motivate girls and boys the recognition of cultural diversity through respect for difference and appreciation of the particularities of each person. Lastly, Our Language sought to strengthen children's indigenous identity through the collective sharing of words in the Tzeltal and Tzotzil languages.

Children's contact with their indigenous identity, recognizing who they are and where they come from, is central to their development. Therefore, from Melel, we seek that, the knowledge, recognition and understanding of who they are, are at the center of the actions we carry out.