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Escuela de la Calle (EDELAC)

Today 20 mothers received a nutrition class on how to make delicious salads with fresh vegetables an
EDELAC's fifth grade class, one of three we've been working with at the school
What's empathy without activism_ 👫 The success of EDELAC is owed to the individuals with whom we ar
Yesterday we decided to utilize a _fitness_ class to connect with the children at El Hogar
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The hanging garden the ladies and I started at EDELAC during our internship in Guatemala is sproutin
Knowledge is 🔑 the knowledge I've acquired throughout the years serves now as a method of guidance
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"What is empathy without activism?"

The year of 2015- 2016, I was the co- campaing coordinator of GlobeMed at FIU. I along with three outstanding ladies spent a month in Guatemala during the summer as GlobeMed interns at Escuela de la Calle. We fundraised money to establish un Huerto Escolar, a school- based garden.The project was established to provide not only a fun learning activity for the children but also to teach them natural and low maintenance way of acquiring vegetables. This project will be sustainable and offer benefits to local children and community members of Las Rosas. We even helped host a cooking class for the mother's of the children in EDELAC; they were taught by a local chef how to make a delicious mango salad.

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In addition, we were in charge of drafting a lesson plan on sexual reproduction. We taught grades four, five and six, along with teenagers from El Hogar, an orphanage who partners with EDELAC. Each day of the week we had a new topic to introduce to everyone that lasted from 30 minutes to an hour per grade.

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At El Hogar, in addition to the sex ed. lessons, we spent two afternoons out of the week doing engaging outdoor activities. The activities consisted of Zumba lessons, workout routines, as well as bachata and salsa lessons.

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The partnership’s project emphasizes on human rights, empowerment, and health and basic services. The program focuses on a  health education program and a preventative health program for the community.

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