Bernardino Rivadavia Rural Elementary School Project

Bernardino Rivadavia is a small rural public school that has only kindergarten and elementary grades. The town cannot afford a high school so this is the children's only certain opportunity for education. The 130 children of Bernardino Rivadavia range in age from 5 to 12 years and come from the rural communities and poor areas of Cordoba's outskirts. Since they have only three available classrooms they are divided in two shifts: morning (for higher grades) and afternoon (for lower grades). The school serves a daily lunch for all of the students at the same time between these shifts. This allows all the students to interact with one another and with the staff. Even more importantly, if the school did not provide this lunch, the students would likely eat little or nothing at home. Volunteers work side by side with teachers and other volunteers providing care for the children, teaching them basic English and academic skills, organizing and developing sport activities, and simply playing with them.



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