By Juan | CRAN communications
[Abajo puedes leer en español este reporte].
"The “baby flowers” are so beautiful" says María, a five-year old girl when she sees the first thyme blossoms she planted herself. María and other children from CRAN have started an orchard together with some students of Santa Ana School in Bogotá. They have used hand-painted recycled bottles to plant spices and herbs. And they have started to blossom!!!
Santa Ana’s students explain to the children the many benefits they can get from the plants and their main uses.
According to Pilar, the teacher from our institutional home, the orchard is part of the therapeutic process of the children since it gives them tools for live and teaches them about the importance of the ethics of taking care: taking care of oneself and of others, of things that are common property and of the environment.
Thanks to your generosity and solidarity our children can get hold of the elements required to participate in educative activities which represent an alternative to academic scholastic tasks. Thanks to you in CRAN we can guarantee our children a protective, nutritious and caregiver environment that will allow them to develop their full potential whilst recovering their right to being part of a loving family.
Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts!!
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¡Sembrando vida y esperanza!
“Tan bonitas las florecitas bebés”, dice María, de 5 años, cuando ve los primeros brotes del tomillo que ella misma sembró. María y otros niños de CRAN han hecho una huerta en compañía de un grupo de estudiantes del Colegio Santa Ana en Bogotá. En botellas recicladas pintadas a mano sembraron hierbas aromáticas y especias. ¡Y ya han empezado a retoñar!
Además, las estudiantes les explican a los niños los beneficios de las plantas y sus principales usos.
De acuerdo con Pilar, la pedagoga de nuestro hogar institucional, la huerta contribuye en el proceso terapéutico de los niños, les da herramientas para la vida y les inculca la importancia de la ética del cuidado: cuidar de sí mismo, de los demás, de lo que es común y del medio ambiente.
Gracias a tu solidaridad y generosidad, los niños cuentan con los elementos para participar en actividades educativas alternativas a las académicas de su colegio. Gracias a ti en CRAN podemos garantizarles un entorno protector, nutritivo y cuidador para que desarrollen todo su potencial mientras recuperan su derecho a tener una familia que los ame.
¡Muchas gracias desde el fondo de nuestro corazón!
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