{"id":101,"date":"2012-02-17T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:48:42","slug":"2009-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Falalay.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D101&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<h4><strong>Fourth year&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I returned to South America in March and worked once more amongst the street children. I helped five days a week at the boy`s centre in town, taught English in both the boys and girl`s centres, and worked on the streets twice a week, talking to kids still living there to try and persuade them to come to Alalay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_372\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/19-P1730670.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-372\" title=\"school uniform\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/19-P1730670-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Textile workshop so children make own school uniforms<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Textile equipment and associated training was purchased, as the children are now going to make their own school uniforms, bedding, curtains and other items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Three hundred egg-laying chickens were bought and houses built for them on-site. These chickens provide fresh eggs for all the children, and surplus eggs are sold for profit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An existing on-site bakery was extended, so the children now learn how to make bread and other baked goods, and eat them!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_373\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/street-kids-football-team.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-373\" title=\"street kids' football team\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/street-kids-football-team-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kits purchased for our Alalay football team<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u00c2\u00b4Tahuichi\u00c2\u00b4 local professional football academy agreed to give coaching to the kids at Alalay and we bought a number of football shirts, shorts, socks and boots. We unashamedly use this \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bribery\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to encourage the children off the streets and into Alalay!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A large amount of toothpaste and toothbrushes was donated by the Colgate Company, which was&nbsp;distributed amongst the street kids, and they were taught how to use it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We began our English teaching programme for the street children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We were able to fund this year&#8217;s projects with the generous support of: QEH Lower School students, 18th Bristol Cub Scouts, Salway Singers (Essex), Bristol Grammar School and the English Speaking Union (Bristol branch) alongside many individual donors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth year&nbsp; I returned to South America in March and worked once more amongst the street children. 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