A typical day in class

For those of you who are interested in knowing more about the students enrolled in the AT program of MIDES and IPAT, I took a few photos today at class.

Anastacio Campoyano and Carlos Pitti work relentlessly in the Plaza Francia selling Panama hats and jewelry. (You might see my father sporting such a hat in an earlier blog entry.) Carlos the young boy pictured on right was not originally a student of our program. However, after he attended class religiously with Anastacio we adopted him into the program.

Below is Ricardo Montenegro. If you were to take a stroll in the neighborhood, you would most likely be greeted by Ricardo. He's always walking the streets of Casco Viejo, poised to give tours of the neighborhood.

Come to class at the San Felipe Fundacion and you'd be a little surprised how different this school building looks from the typical American school building. This perhaps is because the school building is a converted nun convent.

Below is a picture of Tim Schnippert, English teacher extraordinaire and Michel Bolivae. Michel lives in the neighborhood as a well, and is the proud mother of two beautiful children.