Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

Follow-up bolivia • compa La Paz
26/02/2018 • 27/02/2018
Joke Verreth
COMPA La Paz
La Paz / Bolivia
The mobile school project in La Paz was started
up in 2004. The project was very successful at
first, but lost priority within the organisation
over the course of the years.
Currently, COMPA La Paz is very unstable due to
lack of funding. Consequently, there is no funding
to coordinate the mobile school project
either, which is why the project is run by
German volunteers of the organisation Weltweite
Initiative (WI). The volunteers stay in Bolivia
for a year and then train their successors to
take over their projects.
Although the previous group of volunteers
followed the Mobile School summer training
in Belgium, it was clear that there had been
practically no knowledge transfer, since the
volunteers did not know how to work with the
Mobile School materials. The mobile school
was mostly used to create the space to play
with the children, but was hardly ever actively
used during the outreach sessions.
the transfer of knowledge to the next group
of volunteers and find a way to involve local
people, which would drastically increase the sustainability
of the street work.
The methodology behind the Mobile School materials
was clearly explained and the volunteers
came up with creative activities with the panels,
which were then put into practice during a visit
to the streets.
The target group of COMPA El Alto are the
children and youngsters assisting their parents
on the local market.
In addition to the training, we organised meetings
with the management of COMPA El Alto
and with the management of WI to strengthen
ties and to discuss future plans and goals with
regards to the local mobile school project.
IMPACT
4 volunteers trained
Knowledge about StreetwiZe • Mobile School increased
Creative use of Mobile School materials enhanced
That is why we decided to focus on the basics
during the follow-up visit. We started with a
general introduction of StreetwiZe • Mobile
School. Afterwards, the two volunteers coordinating
the project evaluated the project
Motivation of team increased
Connection with local management strengthened
Connection with management of WI strengthened
during a coaching session and drew up a clear
list of to do’s to guarentee the stability of the
54 mobile school project in the future, i.e. improve
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