UNICEF works with hero teachers in Venezuela to keep students learning paid UNICEFUSA
Valeria, 10, goes to school in the afternoons only in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Power shortages have forced teachers to shorten the school day at the UNICEF-supported school, Fe y Alegría Manzanillo. improves the living conditions of students, but none of this would be possible without the support of teachers. Below, two dedicated professionals share their stories:
Their parallel stories, more filled with daily difficulties than dramatic events, seem to them run-of-the-mill. However, they — and all teachers — are crucial to delivering education in Venezuela, and for children in the country to continue their training. I tell them they are heroines. They are embarrassed for a moment, but then they smile and nod. They know that it is so.
At Fe y Alegría Manzanillo School in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Manuel, 8, shares a drawing of his ideal classroom, stocked with"trampolines, costumes and computers." All the school's digital equipment was stolen.The teachers don’t emphasize these daily details. Their only complaint is that they receive low salaries from their two jobs, less than $5 per month, and both must depend on the support of their partners. Their real concerns revolve around the children they work with.
Luis, 9, rushes home to show his mother the UNICEF backpack he received on the first day of class at the Municipal School Jermán Ubaldo Lira in Baruta, Venezuela, where water and electricity shortages are a constant problem.UNICEF supports the work of these teachers by distributing classroom Recreation kits, Early Childhood Development kits to encourage interaction with the little ones and Back-to-School kits filled with basic school materials for students.
Twenty years ago, Albarrán was a student in the same school her children now attend. Things have changed: She lets them rest one day each week to recover from sleepless nights.
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