The Special Needs Class meets weekly in the community center. It currently has 19 students enrolled. The class is taught by a paid local teacher and has several paid assistants. Currently, the program includes: Each student having the opportunity to attend a 1.5 hour class in one of 2 sessions offered Lunch and transportation to
Veronica Solis, La Calle Real Special Need Children’s Coordinator Status: Married, Children: 2 Academic Information: Primary School: Alfonso Cortés, LCRT-1993 Secondary School: Xilonem, LCRT-1998 Teachers Normal School for Primary Education, Chinandega-2000 UNAN, León-2005 Introduction Veronica Solis has recently taken over as coordinator for the special-needs program at WCRF community center in La Calle Real, Nicaragua.Veronica is
Program Update 12/24/18 Special Christmas food packets delivered to the needy in the community Over the last few days, the community council led by Cruz Flores, Juan Carlos Mungia, and Dania Gomez were able to distribute 50 basic food packets to community members in need. The country of Nicaragua and especially communities like La Calle
Program Updates: Juan Carlos and Dania Gomez relate wonderful experiences they had given Christmas food packets to those in need. Dec 22, 2018 Juan Carlos related the following: The feelings I had during the delivery of the compassionate packages was a mixture of joy and sadness; joy to see the faces of the people, who
Hermes has been a “rock star” in the development of the LCR community center and it’s programs. We were first aware of Hermes when he was involved in our English program at the local secondary school. He was later one of the first community volunteers to show up to help work with us on the
The dance group that WCRF has been currently supporting has a practice agenda in the Community Center where they come on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The purpose of the dance group is to make presentations and, where possible, make the community of La Calle Real well-known among the people of
For almost 3 years Karla has worked tirelessly with the special needs children in the community. Though she has never had formal training in teaching children with special needs, she loves and cares for them as her own. Karla prepares lessons each week to teach the children in a formal class at the center. She
Business Development Program Business Start-Up Classes Joint Venture Business Program English Program Special Needs Children’s Program Work for Food Program Days for Girls Program (female hygiene) Education Committee Grant Program Library and Reading Literacy Program La Calle Real Clean Water Project Youth Council Leadership Training Student Intern Program Chari-Tour Volunteer Program La Calle Real Community
Program Update May 2019 Hello Sponsors of the Special Needs class!I can’t believe how long it has been since my last update. I am so sorry and promise to be more consistent with my quarterly updates. The teacher Karla, left to find work in Spain in March. Her sister, Veronica, has taken over the teaching
The English program in La Calle Real targets many different ages, from younger elementary age school kids to young adults attending the University. The focus of the program is to develop conversational skills in English that prepare students for jobs where English is either a requirement, or a skill that will make them more desirable
