Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

new school bolivia • abriendo puertas
16/07/2018 • 22/07/2018
Toña Pineda
Jessika Martinez
Fundación Abriendo Puertas
Paz y Bien
Cochabamba / Bolivia
After a successful exploration in March 2018,
we decided to transfer the mobile school from
former Mobile School partner Yo Voy a Ti to
Fundación Abriendo Puertas Paz y Bien in
Cochabamba, with the support of Provincie
Vlaams-Brabant. The local team transported
the mobile school to their office and repaired it
before the implementation training.
Local trainers Toña Pineda and Jessika
Martinez introduced the street educators to the
self-esteem model and to the Mobile School
educational materials. During the workshop
on creative therapy, the team learnt how they
could use their creativity and their experience
in theater and clownery at the mobile school
as well.
The main target group of the local team are
the children and youngsters working at the cemetery,
to contribute to the family income. By
organising creative outreach sessions, they
want to prevent these youngsters from crossing
the line between working on the streets to living
on the streets.
their families during funerals participated as
well. In addition, the team is actively looking for
new sectors and target groups to increase the impact
of their local mobile school project. Among
other things, they are considering starting up
mobile school sessions in a local youth prison.
After the implementation, the street educators
were eager to run their mobile school project.
Some actions still need to be taken by the local
team to ensure the successful implementation
of their mobile school project, however, such
as clearing the new Mobile School educational
materials from customs (for both them and the
other Bolivian Mobile School partners), making
a clear planning of the sessions, clearly defining
roles and responsibilities of the team members
involved, looking for new volunteers, etc.
We will make sure to follow up on these to do’s
and to support and coach the team as much as
possible.
IMPACT
7 people trained
Knowledge of the Mobile School self-esteem model
Core team acquainted with Mobile School educational materials
Educational package of current Bolivian partners updated
During the street sessions with the mobile
Formerly inactive mobile school reactivated (transfer)
school, the street educators noticed they can
reach out to a bigger target group than previously
thought. The children of flower vendors
112 at the cemetery and children accompanying
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