Comments on: Kinder Signups

By: Fr. Mike

Fr. Mike — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:46:42 +0000

While you can’t change (and improve) the whole of Bolivian society, or even the state of Santa Cruz, you can change the lives of 250 kids–and that is no small change. You know that proverb about the journey of a thousand miles starting with a single step? Take the 250 steps in front of you. Keep on doing what God gives you to do, as you’ve been doing so generously. With the prayers of us back in the U.S.

By: Ann Campion Riley

Ann Campion Riley — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:15 +0000

Fascinating and perceptive post. It’s a great illustration of the catchphrase, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

And what poignant stories, as people in the US are talking about making school mandatory until age 18.

By: Alice Riley

Alice Riley — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:47:43 +0000

How incredibly frustrating for you. Hopefully, your touch will have repercusions exponentially down through the years for the families you have helped learn to read through one child at a time.
What we forget is we have parents here in our own country who don’t know the value of reading and learning themselves so don’t see the need for their own children.
I don’t understand it at all. Even my mother and her siblings went to school and their family was terribly poor.
It’s probably cultural as much as individual responsibility. It was and is the law that every child will attend school until a given age.

By: Nicole Johnson

Nicole Johnson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:31:08 +0000

Good post. It really makes you think!