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Called "Centro Explorativo" in Spanish, the center believes that "The brain is not a glass waiting to be filled, but a lamp waiting to be lit" and its goals are: | Called "Centro Explorativo" in Spanish, the center believes that "The brain is not a glass waiting to be filled, but a lamp waiting to be lit" and its goals are: | ||
- | + | 1. "To offer fun and productive after-school classes and activities so that children and youth can become better educated and improve their analytical skills and creative thinking." | |
- | + | 2. "To teach high-quality library and internet research skills" | |
- | + | 3. "To provide access to appropriate resource books and the internet so that children and youth can better conduct research and learn about the world around them" | |
- | + | 4. "To provide children and youth alike with access to fiction books in order to instill a love for reading" | |
- | + | 5. "To be an "educational incubator" of new ideas and concepts for schools and projects throughout the region, country and for other rural communities in the developing world" | |
The center will have desperately needed and wanted books, research materials, computers with internet access, as well as a local teacher and a greenhouse. The teacher will be a local from the area that is in addition trained by CES to provide computer literacy training for the community. The center will provide free after school activities led by the teachers open to children from 3 to 12 years old. It will also serve older youth in the community by providing the necessary research materials and space to complete successful school projects. The greenhouse that will be constructed on the premises, not too differently from last year's project in Argentina, will serve to boost the local economy and provide the necessary agricultural development and diversification that La Pista needs to start its own marketplace. Currently every resident in the area must walk the 20km needed to reach Nebaj in order to make their day to day purchases, CES believes that the Exploration Center is just what the community needs in order to develop its own market. The greenhouse's profits will also offset the monthly expenses of the center. | The center will have desperately needed and wanted books, research materials, computers with internet access, as well as a local teacher and a greenhouse. The teacher will be a local from the area that is in addition trained by CES to provide computer literacy training for the community. The center will provide free after school activities led by the teachers open to children from 3 to 12 years old. It will also serve older youth in the community by providing the necessary research materials and space to complete successful school projects. The greenhouse that will be constructed on the premises, not too differently from last year's project in Argentina, will serve to boost the local economy and provide the necessary agricultural development and diversification that La Pista needs to start its own marketplace. Currently every resident in the area must walk the 20km needed to reach Nebaj in order to make their day to day purchases, CES believes that the Exploration Center is just what the community needs in order to develop its own market. The greenhouse's profits will also offset the monthly expenses of the center. |