Thursday afternoon painting class.

Este es un nuevo taller  de la Cooperativa Christine King. La Fundación Superemos incluirá este proyecto en su programa de capacitación vocacional para capacitar a jóvenes y mujeres en el taller de zapatería. El programa también apoyará la capacitción a jóvenes y mujeres en el proceso de sublimación . Estas nuevas actividades de capacitación complementan los proyectyos existentes de costura y cerámica.

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The Estelí Women's School continues its night classes following the completion of the second semester round of exams supervised by Education Ministry tutors from Managua. This year is the last full year of the Adult Baccalaureate which has been superseded by a new course known as the Community Baccalaureate also aimed at adult students. Next year 2019 will be the first full year of this new Community Baccalaureate which will be supervised by the departmental staff of the Ministry of Education here in Estelí.

Alan Parrales is developing a sublimation project to reproduce artwork on items like T-shirts, cups and mugs among other things. Once he has perfected his techniques, we intend to include the teaching of these skills in our vocational training work for local women and youth.

Alan Parrales working with an image for the sublimation/silk screen project

Alan working on the machine for applying images to items like cups and mugs

With help from some supporting organizations and individual donors, Superemos was able to buy machinery, materials and supplies for an artisan shoe workshop. This new project is just starting up and will focus on training activities and productivity.

Santos Sobalvarro, shoemaker.

First rehearsal of the wind instruments in the second semester 2018 of Sones Segovianos' youth orchestra.

Rehearsal of Sones Segovianos' traditional music group (guitar and violin) in the second semester 2018.

On Saturday August 4th, 2018 the first exam period started for the students from the Estelí Women's School (CISCUM). Their first exam was English.

Students making their exam.

The sewing students started their second semester. Teacher Aura Lilian has three groups: two groups for beginners on Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon, and a more advanced group on Friday afternoon.

Group for beginners

Sewing teacher Aura Lilian Castro Moreno (right) with one of her students on Saturday morning.