Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

VE Global's Core Curriculum is designed to not only help these children dream of a better future, but to empower them to become aware, responsible adults that can take proactive roles in their communities.

Project Message

Our programs make a direct impact in the lives of so many children by putting books in their hands, smiles on their faces and by opening up new, positive opportunities for their futures.
- Josh Pilz, Executive Director, VE Global

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Josh Pilz,
Executive Director
Carabineros de Chile 33
Depto 42
Santiago,RM 00000
Chile
(617) 674 2469
Email:

Organisation

VE Global Carabineros de Chile 33, Dept. 42 Santiago, none 00000 Chile +56 (2) 717 99 37 http://www.ve-global.org

Learn more about VE Global and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Chile and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Chile, read the Human Development Report on Chile or the Wikipedia entry for Chile.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 15, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 08, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

Volunteer Workshops

By Nola Godbert - Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator, February 15, 2012 12:39 PM

VE volunteers prepare and run a huge variety of workshops for the children we serve. These can teach life skills such as cooking, improve creativity through art and performance and boost educational attainment with anything from reading to math activities.

                A recent example of a successful workshop was one carried out at an all-boys children’s home we work with.  This particular institution has a lot of problems with violence and low literacy. We started our workshop with cooking, an activity the boys are always enthusiastic to participate in. We made “dirt cups” which are a sweet treat using milk, jello, chocolate cookies and gummy worms. We gathered all the boys together in a circle, and before they could eat their creations, we read the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ with them. One of the volunteers started reading it, making sure to hold the book up so all the boys could see the pictures and get involved. Some of the boys helped reading aloud certain sections. At the end of the story we asked questions about the book of varying difficulty to suit the age range of 3 to 11, handing out puddings as each boy answered correctly.

                This activity was a reminder of how effective our workshops can be to get children excited about reading, listening to each other and working as a team.

Links:

• Learn more about our organisation
• Read about our assistant director of operations' experiences
• Hear the first impressions of our newest volunteers

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