Christmas Market - Saturday Dec. 14, 4-8 p.m.

Alpengruss Restaurant  831 Riverside Dr. Wakefield Quebec 

It is an European style Outdoor Christmas Market where you can eat dinner,enjoy a hot drink,buy holiday groceries and presents, with Santa photos,wagon rides, live music,a bonfire and children's activities. Come join the fun and lend your support to several great causes including the Guatemala Daycare Project.

 Chelsea Christmas Craft Sale 

December 7th from 10 am until 3 pm

Chelsea Elementary School 74 Old Chelsea Rd. Chelsea Quebec.
This  is our major craft display and sale. A great event to drop into to meet us, see our display and stock up on interesting Guatemalan handicrafts in support of the daycare. 

Friday, Dec. 6th. 10-2pm

 Market Fair at Heritage College

 Located at 325 Bd de la Cite des Jeunes, Gatineau
CEGEP Heritage College nursing and early childhood education programs have teemed with us to provide a cultural and humanitarian work experience in the daycares in Guatemala in February and March, 2014. This market fair will  afford the opportunity to meet us and the Heritage teams while shopping for quality gifts from Guatemala. 


     Chelsea Christmas Craft Sale 

December 7th from 10 am until 3 pm

Chelsea Elementary School 74 Old Chelsea Rd. Chelsea Quebec.
This  is our major craft display and sale. A great event to drop into to meet us, see our display and stock up on interesting Guatemalan handicrafts in support of the daycare. 

Sept.16,2013 Gearing up for another exciting year

Preparations are well underway for another exciting year in the daycares!
Heritage College nursing and early childhood education students have been selected for 2014.
Brian and Sheila will join the Heritage team for an information session, Friday, Sept. 27th.

                                         2013- In front of the new bottle classroom built at
                                         Chacap with Mateo who introduced us to building
                                         with bottles and guided us through the process.

Canadian volunteers and daycare mums complete a long day
working on the new bottle classroom at Chacap, 2013.
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                                           Heritage College teams eat lunch on the Chicken
                                             bus rented to get them to Santa Maria daycares.

Nursing student working with an interpreter to

examine a young girl in the daycare.

 

                                          The medical station ready to evaluate the kids.

                                         Some of the medicines brought down for daycares
                                          by the Heritage College team. Thank-you!

A new pila-( wash station)  delivered to the daycare

used to wash dishes in or do laundry as needed.

   

Outdoor play area set up under a big tarp at

Palestina daycare to keep kids out of the sun.

                                         A badly infected thumb gets cared for by the doctor
                                           who visited the daycare with Heritage College.

                                           The power of books to teach and entertain.

Daycare mums and volunteers working on a new

 classroom.( 10 mothers and 25 kids collected and

stuffed nearly 200 bottles with trash for the class.)

Volunteers starting to apply the adobe .

Kids enjoy some marble art.

This daycare class lines up to say goodbye to the
volunteers who helped with art activities and
building a new bottle classroom today.

FAIR TRADE CRAFT SALE

FUNDRAISER FOR THE GUATEMALA DAYCARE PROJECT

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cash bar
high tea
music
finger food
Hoping you can attend.

April 2nd 2013 update

Happily awaiting a turn to ride in the
new swing installed at Chacap.

  Brian pushes the first rider in the new swing
installed on the patio at Palestina.

3 section cradle made for Chacap

new cradle installed in classroom at Chacap 

New playpen for Punyebar- previously babies used
an old wood box

 Volunteers from Rising Minds singing with the
kids at Punyebar

Introduction of music CD with pop up speaker
now kids have great fun singing and dancing

 Finally, board and batten on the Punyebar classroom
to keep out the rain and wind.

March 20th 2013 update

Punyebar classroom showing all the cracks before
board and batten was installed.

Installing board and batten.

• Finally we are able to get the cracks covered in the classroom at Punyebar. Now the on a windy day rain will not get into the classroom making everyone more comfortable.                               



 Purchasing handicrafts to sell in Canada.
We buy to help this family now and sell the goods here in
Canada to help fund our daycares.

March 12 2013 update

 Heritage College Nursing Student Lacy gives out medication

 Heritage College ECE students and their teacher introduce
 daycare kids to new activities in San Pablo.     

 

 
 
 

                                                                                    Playing with new toys - Mr. Potato Head is a  hit.

Mother waits with 2 other children while her daughter

is examined.

 

Professional examination by Heritage students.

 

 

Medical stations set up at the daycare to deal

with the large numbers of children to be seen.

 

A bandaged thumb for this little boy.

 

 

Clothing donated from Living Green in B.C. Canada

is put out for teachers and parents to select for

the children in need of clothes.

 

 

This new sweater is really for me?? Wow.

 

 

I love my new shoes, they even match my sweater.

 

 So happy in new clothes.

                                           Outside, the children sit on woven mats to play
                                            with all kinds of toys under the supervision of
                                            Heritage College ECE students.
                                               

Lots of lego means more building.

A new puppet brings smiles to these girls.

Making a finger puppet - one of the activities

presented during the teacher workshop

March 12th 2013 update

Pictures and notes from March 12 2013 with early childhood education and nursing students from Heritage College in Gatineau Quebec Canada on working holiday during spring break.

A couple of the teacher workshop where 50 attended, that included all my Daycare teachers, 2 visiting groups from the other side of the lake, the Infantiles SOS staff, the Heritage College delegation, myself and interpreters in 3 languages. A lot of fun was had by all. The new teacher materials, books , toys and musical instruments handed out will provide each daycare with an abundance of new resources to use throughout the year. As well medical kits given last year were replenished and new medicines and toothbrushes given out. The teachers were also introduced to the fun of playing parachute games. Heritage left 2 for the daycares and the kids had a wonderful time with them.

     During the daycare visits, the kids were examined and in every daycare, the kids were in better health than last year and had grown. There were less cases of lice and skin problems  and less colds. We were very pleased with the results.  Obviously, the nutrition provided in the daycares is having a positive effect on overall health. The Heritage students conducted themselves with compassion and professionalism. It was a pleasure to work with their teams and the daycares were very excited to have us visit their centres.

     New clothes were distributed among the mothers who most needed them for their kids. We took pictures of some kids so happy to have new pants, sweaters, the-shirts and shoes.

     This week we will distribute the swings we had made. We also will finish the bottle class at Punyebar and outfit the new kitchen there. Then it will be possible for all the younger kids to have their meals right in their own classroom. No longer will they have to walk up the road to another building 3 times a day.
We still don't have computer service but I have found a place to be able to send a few of my blackberrypictures, a few at a time. Hope all is well at home. Enjoy the photos. Sheila

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March 11 2013 pictures captions to follow