Last year there were six participants for the activities club. This year we would like to extend this service, because in Juigalpa nothing is organized for (young) adults with an intellectual disability.
In January we started a morning group for a new group of participants. In total we now have 13 particpants: Gabriel, Hector, Renee, Milagro, Junios, Yamil, Darling, Rusby, Rene, Grecia, Georgina, Germany en Raymundo.
Small groups
We work in small groups of 5-6 people, depending on the support they need from Eva. We use the first 6 weeks to observe what a particpant is capable of, what he or she needs from us, what potential he or she probably has got. After that we make arrangements with the responsible ‘legal representative’.
More participants, more talents, more skills
Currently we are looking at how we can extend our activities programme. Besides the making of piñatas, in which everyone, (no matter the degree of limitation), can participate, we would like to expand our project to working with plants, and also see whether it is feasible to start working with clay or painting pottery. We would like to engage as many participants as possible with each of the activities, but we may have to opt for a certain degree of ‘specialisation’. We hope to report in the next Newsletter which choices the participants have made!