The public school we visited with Gaby was named La Escuela 27 de Mayo (the May 27th School), in the center of Cochabamba. The school has a large front gate, locked during school hours. The school itself is a large courtyard surrounded by two tiers of classrooms. Due to the insufficient number of public schools, three different four-hour school sessions are held each day in this building; morning, afternoon, and evening.
Four teachers from this school participate in the Biblioteca Th'urachapitas project La Ronda. This project lends books to teachers who in turn lend them to students. We visited two of these classrooms, one class of 40 very energetic nine and ten-year olds and a class of thirty twelve and thirteen-year olds who shared the importance of reading with us. Throughout the day in Cochabamba you see children in their school uniforms either on their way to school or leaving school on their way home. Many kids take public transportation to get to school.
This project makes me feel so proud of you two. Love you both Karen
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