Young students of the Sones Segovias dance classes in Estelí Nicaragua, practice steps with teacher Seidy Ubeda for the traditional dances that are part of El Güegüense, Nicaragua's world famous work of theatre embodying indigenous satirical resistance to colonial rule.The school has already prepared the elaborate costumes and masks that make this work so unique.

this year the sewing classs have a total of 23 students

the main classes take place on Saturdays lasting from 7.00am until 5.00pm

preparing the new corridor out to the new multi-use classroom for painting

the corridor painted  and, further back, the new concrete access down to the new classroom

We have worked hard through December to rearrange the various office, classroom and work spaces at the project centre. In part, this work has been necessary to replace defective structures. But also we have put a lot of thought into making the project centre more functional, attractive and usable.

Every year the program workers on the projects supported by Superemos organize a celebration of one of Nicaragua's most important religious festivals, the Immaculate Conception. This year was no exception.

The Sones Segovianos music and dance school organized various dance activities at the end of November and early December. Here are some photographs of the end of year presentation at Superemos.

welding support beams for the new dance space roof structure

the support beams eliminate the need for central columns, creating a wide open dance space

Here are some photographs of the work of the young children participating in the art skills painting programme of the "Christine King" Multi Service Cooperative. A total of 16 children between the ages of 5 and 14 participate in the programme taught by Alan Parrales and Francisca Valdivia at the Superemos education centre. This project is made possible by funding from Casa Canadiense.

In late November, we started work on the remodelling programme in preparation for 2016. The main task is to completely remodel the lower classroom area so as create a raised wooden deck for the dance classes and connect that area to the middle classroom area with access isolated from the training workshop, which we use mainly for metal work and solar panel trainings.