Porcon (Miguel & Natalie)

Things are starting to come together for us here in La Gramja Porcon.  At first it was quite a struggle getting our classes and other efforts going.  But now we are working with the English professor at the local school and helping her out.  She is great and is very appreciative of the help.  Yesterday was a national holiday, Teacher´s Day, and Monday the kids put on a program for their teachers and they included us in that.  Starting tomorrow, we will have an English club that will go for about an hour each day after school on the days there are English classes.  That will be an opportunity for the kids to ask questions in a more relaxed setting and get some extra help.  Every Wednesday and Friday there are no English classes at the school, so starting today we will come down to Cajamarca on those days to help at El Bichito.  We are here in Cajamarca right now and have broughy hygiene kits and toys.  The toys will become part of the toy cache kids can draw from when they have completed 5 homework assignments.  Every day at 5, we have classes for the adults in Porcon. Those are going well, though not as well as we had hoped.  The most we have ever had attend is 3 students, even though everyone has been informed.  But we do have two students who come consistently and are doing well.  We have started making arrangements to have at least one teenager from El Bichito come up here and work for a couple of weeks in the near future.  We will give you an update on that as it develops.  We are now in more frequent contact with the other interns, coordinating our efforts with them.