Training workshops for parents who are part of the project educating at home project began this week and the children received their school kits.
First delivery of lunches at the Nutritional Care Cente
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have implemented a care scheme with the protocols established by the Ministry of Health, so that the children of the Mi Ciudad Con Vida Foundation receive their lunches safely.
The food was sent home with the parents who picked it up in groups, at different times and who respected social distancing.
Digital strategies for learning maths
Focusing on digital strategies, we were working with mobile phone apps to learn maths in a fun way. Through video calls, instructions were given to the children about how to handle the game, create a username and shape the exercises.
The purpose of this type of activity is to familiarise students with the use of information and communication technologies as a complement to learning.
Fundación Mi Ciudad Con Vida in alliance with Fundación Amor Por Locombia delivers lunches en quarantine
In Colombia, compulsory quarantine has been in place for more than a month and many low-income families who live on a daily basis are in an extremely vulnerable situation.
Union creates strength!!!
In this context, the Mi Ciudad Con Vida Foundation and the Amor Por Locombia Foundation, managed to deliver 60 lunches to our children in the Nuevo Horizonte neighbourhood in Soledad, Atlántico. These lunches, which were donated by our allied foundation, were delivered house to house by our officials to avoid crowds and in compliance with the recommended hygienic measures.
This is a clear example of how two organisations manage to work hand in hand and support each other to bring food to the communities most affected by this pandemic.
“We are concerned about the levels of vulnerability in which the children of these communities are, we want to invite everyone to join this cause, to bring food to the rest of the children and their families located in marginal neighbourhoods such as Lipaya in Barranquilla and Nuevo Horizon in Solitude ”
Nury Buendía, Director FMCCV
The School Support program does not stop in quarantine
The Covid-19 pandemic does not stop the desire to learn. Through WhatsApp, phone calls and home deliveries, the boys and girls of the School Support Program in the Nuevo Horizonte neighbourhood of Soledad continue with the scheduled academic activities. Without the quarantine impeding the achievement of their academic goals, these little ones show us that perseverance and dedication are the key to overcoming any adversity. In addition, at the Foundation we continue to provide psychosocial support to our children’s families. It is difficult because not all of our beneficiaries have an internet connection or telephone number, however we are looking for ways to accompany them at this time.
Group workshops, a strategy to promote cooperation
Within our activities there are group workshops that help children reinforce certain topics and which in turn promote peer interaction and the development of communication skills.
The healthy traffic light
Today we were learning which foods we should eat frequently, occasionally and only sometimes in order to have good nutrition, through a fun activity aimed to identify the eating habits of our children.
Carnival at the dining room 2020
They who live it, enjoy it! The children and the parents had a fun morning full of dance, laughter, litanies and Caribbean folklore.
School support in Soledad
The school accompaniment program comes to Soledad as a response to the educational needs of our children, providing complementary support after school.
Nutritional monitoring
We resumed our activities by monitoring the nutrition of the children who were underweight in 2019 and signed an act of commitment with their parents about the diet which they should follow at home in order to reach the goal of a healthy weight.
