One of the ways Ethan spent his time this summer was as a volunteer teaching English to 4-6 year old kids at the Centro Explorativo in Nebaj every afternoon at 4 PM. Hopefully he will tell you more about this experience later. Our friend Chris, a Peace Corps volunteer in Nebaj, has set up an international book drive for the Centro. Below is the information, and a few photos from Ethan’s last class.
Chrias has set up an Amazon Wish List so that anybody anywhere in the world can go and donate books which will be sent directly to the Centro in Nebaj, with a 501(c)3 number available for tax deductions.
The Centro Explorativo is part of an area wide Rural Education project. To read more about the Centro, see photos of the kids, teachers, and Centro, check out their website. The children of the Centro Explorativo need more children’s story books in Spanish as well as other reading materials! The Centro is the closest thing Nebaj has to a library, and since opening a second Centro in a nearby aldea (village), the number of resources has been split up between the two locations.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1. Go to Amazon.com
2. Click at the top on ‘Gifts & Wish Lists’
3. To the right, in the tan box that says ‘Find someone’s Wish List’, type in ‘Centro Explorativo’ and click ‘go’.
4. Since there is only one wish list called ‘Centro Explorativo’, you will be taken directly to the list of books.
5. Peruse the list and buy books that you read and loved as a child, books that you think any young person would enjoy, books that you want to share with the youth of Nebaj.
6. As you add books to your shopping cart and decide to ‘check out’, you’ll notice that the address for the Centro is already online! Once you buy the books, they’ll be sent directly here!
7. Print your receipt and use the 501(c)3 number 550866578 to get your tax deduction – Easy!
If you have any questions, feel free to drop us an email and we can put you in touch with Chris directly.
Click on the images below to see Ethan and his kids at the Centro:
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Practicing color names
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
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A big smile for Ethan’s last day
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Duck Duck Goose
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Simon Says
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Miguelito watching