RE: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS
2008-Mar-13-2143
Congratulations to Efebo, I have not yet read papers for the day and did not see the news, if it is on the news. It is also very interesting that so many Mausicans are asking for a special school for young people and Mariama Children's Museum and Teen Turf: The Counselling and Activity Center for Children and Adolescents was founded in 1990 as a preventive programme and had served over 2000 young people and families since. It has survived and is still running 17 years after without any permanent funding. Last month after 17 years of trying I finally had a meeting with The Ministry of Social Development to work on a monthly subvention to at least help pay the rent. Much documents to get prepared though. You all know the red tape. I would really like to hand over this programme to some committed committee to keep it running. It is growing and is getting really too much for "me one". There is a small management committee now made up of three friends of mine, a parent has just come on board and a student who is a beneficiary of the programme and is a teacher in a secondary school after graduating from UWI last year. He is doing so well now. I can hand it over to the Mausica Alumni. I have been really consumed by this programme, which is ready now to take off, with the right help, the right staff, which I am prepared to train etc, etc. Remember though, that it is not a school, it is a safe space for young people and children to come in and feel free to be, a non-judgemental, genuine, empathic environment.They learn to love themselves and each other. Academic subjects are done, but passing examinations is not the focus. Learning and growing in faith in self and knowledge are. Academic subjects are done, with their peers as the tutors. Nineteen and seventeen year olds tutor 11- 16 year olds, and I do the personal-social development, and we gradually see grades going up.Our African Ancestors said that "It takes a Village to raise a Child" Mausicans can be that village. What do you all think?
Anna Maria Mora. WHEW!
2008-Mar-13-2143
Congratulations to Efebo, I have not yet read papers for the day and did not see the news, if it is on the news. It is also very interesting that so many Mausicans are asking for a special school for young people and Mariama Children's Museum and Teen Turf: The Counselling and Activity Center for Children and Adolescents was founded in 1990 as a preventive programme and had served over 2000 young people and families since. It has survived and is still running 17 years after without any permanent funding. Last month after 17 years of trying I finally had a meeting with The Ministry of Social Development to work on a monthly subvention to at least help pay the rent. Much documents to get prepared though. You all know the red tape. I would really like to hand over this programme to some committed committee to keep it running. It is growing and is getting really too much for "me one". There is a small management committee now made up of three friends of mine, a parent has just come on board and a student who is a beneficiary of the programme and is a teacher in a secondary school after graduating from UWI last year. He is doing so well now. I can hand it over to the Mausica Alumni. I have been really consumed by this programme, which is ready now to take off, with the right help, the right staff, which I am prepared to train etc, etc. Remember though, that it is not a school, it is a safe space for young people and children to come in and feel free to be, a non-judgemental, genuine, empathic environment.They learn to love themselves and each other. Academic subjects are done, but passing examinations is not the focus. Learning and growing in faith in self and knowledge are. Academic subjects are done, with their peers as the tutors. Nineteen and seventeen year olds tutor 11- 16 year olds, and I do the personal-social development, and we gradually see grades going up.Our African Ancestors said that "It takes a Village to raise a Child" Mausicans can be that village. What do you all think?
Anna Maria Mora. WHEW!
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