Andean Aid » Help and Hope Center Rubio http://www.andeanaid.org Empowering the Afflicted to Flourish Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Summer Reading and Writing Program Ends – but it’s just the beginning! http://www.andeanaid.org/2010/08/summer-reading-and-writing-program-ends-but-its-just-the-beginning/ http://www.andeanaid.org/2010/08/summer-reading-and-writing-program-ends-but-its-just-the-beginning/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:37:03 +0000 Wayne Cramer http://www.andeanaid.org/?p=565 [...]]]> The summer reading and writing program was a huge success.  Eighteen student teachers taught one hundred and fifty children to read and write each day in seven locations.  All involved are very pleased with the outcome.  The college students were able to meet their community service obligation ans Andean Aid / Una Sonrisa Para Todos gained valuable help in serving poor children.  The university wants this to be a year round program and will provide us with twenty four students in October.  Our goal is to provide the program in twenty community church locations by early next year reaching over five hundred children.  Our goal is to convert these twenty churches where we will have a presence into fully funded Help and Hope Centers offering the children a full range of developmental services.

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