"The school results of children
are very positive "

1. La Casa Oaxaqueña

Thanks to Fortunata and Yoana, two young Mexicain women, recruited locally and who were trained by
"Teachers Without Frontiers", who have been working since 1993 and 1998 for the association, La Casa Oaxaqueña carries on
its educational activities in 5 villages of the area, and with the children of prisoners. The school results of the children
involved in the programme were better than those children who were not. Although requests for participation in the
program continue to increase, unfortunately it is not possible to respond, due to limited human and financial resources
of means (wages of the personnel + travel expenses) and time (long distances by bus and partly on foot).

"Each day has its
reason to be there".

2. Teaching

In the villages, we work mainly with plays, creative activities (painting, drawing, stories...). The children come
running to us when we arrive, to see what we have in our bags, asking what we will make today. Sometimes
we tell stories, seated on a large cloth, sometimes we make a large drawing together, we create our own stories,
we play with the cards... Each day has its reason to be there, surrounded by their smiles and their shining eyes,
to answer their expectations, to share one moment of our time.

Thanks to a donation of the association Europe Tiers Monde, we have installed a computer in 2 villages.
One a week the children can learn how to use the computer.

"Without this help, a lot of these children would now be engaged
in manual labour at low wages."

3. Results

Among the children, some finished their primary studies successfully, but their parents do not have the means
to provide them with higher education. La Casa supports several of these teenagers financially. Some are
sponsored entirely by donors. With others, La Casa pays, on a case by case basis, the costs of the
uniforms, the books, the basic school material, etc. Without this help, these young people would be now
occupied working in hotels or restaurants for a very low wage.

Today, thanks to the godfathers, we can pay the studies of 23 teenagers.