Developing

I feel as though Makarios is really taking shape now. I have a full time schedule of educational activities. The Lord has opened many doors to schools, towns and churches. Right now, I am spending Tuesday, Thursday and Friday directly working in the public schhol.This means spending 1 hour a day with each grade and doing educational activities. For example, all of the schools are bare when it comes to supplies, no childrens books, games, nothing; I try to bring some hands on education to the classroom through games, learning centers, creative writing among other things. The education here consists of a morning session of 4 hours in which half the grades go and an afternoon sessionn of 3 hours which the other grades go. All instruction is done be students completing poorly designed textbooks or copying from the board a few notes. The schools are overcrowded and the students have nothing to hold their attention to class, because the teaching methods don't engage the students. A goal of Makarios is to improve these situation through direct intervention, and also through getting some supplies for the schools.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, the focus switches to the education of children who cannot get into these public schools for reasons of citizenship or money. These programs address the basic educational needs, such as number recognition and letter recognition. The students are ages 5-9 and there are two levels. THe goal here is to provide basic skills that will keep the children with the pace of school so if they can get into the school they will not be far behind.
Continuing praying for Makarios bith in the educational and ministerial side of the mission.