jueves, 13 de marzo de 2014
VIAJE AL COLEGIO CARROLL MORGAN EN SANTO DOMINGO/TRIP TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL CARROLL MORGAN IN SANTO DOMINGO
During the month of March our friend Ana Elisa Peréz invited us to participate in an event about sustainable development in the private bilingual school Carroll Morgan in our capital city of Santo Domingo. To prepare for this event, the youngsters participating in our arts and crafts program wrote stories and created hand-made books We exhibited the hand-made books we created in Carroll Morgan´s school activity of sustainable development. Thanks to our collaborating friend and to the school for inviting and allowing us to exhibit our our work and for giving us the opportunity to learn and enjoy ourselves.
sábado, 8 de marzo de 2014
CREANDO LIBROS ARTESANALES PARA VIAJE A CARROLL MORGAN/CREATING HAND-MADE BOOKS FOR TRIP TO CARROLL MORGAN
GEXPAYE (English follows)
GEXPAYE es un proyecto socio-comunitario piloto de educación alternativa y de edad mixta. Concebimos la educación como liberadora y empoderadora, no esclavizante como lo es nuestro sistema de educación, el cual llamamos escuelamiento. En GEXPAYE nos guiamos por los intereses y necesidades de los integrantes, algun@s de l@s cuales forman parte de la directiva del proyecto, creando asi no solo un programa de ell@s y para ell@s sino también ciudadanos responsables, democráticos, y libres.
El interés de GEXPAYE es asistir al desarrollo de nuestr@s niñ@s y jóvenes por medio del arte, el juego, paseos, la lectura, la escritura, la discusión y el análisis, entre otros, dados por medio de talleres y proyectos escogidos por l@s integrantes del programa, incentivando así su aprendizaje. Trabajamos en reciclaje, preservando nuestro medio ambiente, creando conciencia, responsabilidad, y valores más humanistas, para construir una sociedad menos consumista e individualista.
GEXPAYE is a socio-community pilot project of alternative mixed-age education. We think of education as liberating and empowering, not enslaving like schools in our education system. We are guided by the interests and needs of our members who also form part of our board of directors.
We aim to create not only a program for them and by them but also free, democratic and responsible citizens. GEXPAYE's interest is to assist in the development of our children and youth through art, play, trips, reading, writing, discussion and analysis, among others. We give workshops and create projects selected by the members of the program, thus motivating them to learn. We work with recyclable materials, preserving our environment, creating awareness, responsibility and humanistic values, to build a less consumerist and individualistic society.