Isamay and Yamali

Yamali!

2010-11-20T09:06:00.000-08:00

Yamali is the best with a smile and a hug! If you put her and her sister side by side you can totally see the resemblance! She had a blast having her hands painted and putting her prints on the wall!

Isamay!

2010-11-09T17:15:00.000-08:00

Isamay is one of the most helpful girls! She is always ready and prepared for class. Any time any teacher asks her for anything she is more than happy to help and always helps her classmates. Her friends love her and she is always playing any game we have going on!

June - Yamali!

2010-07-02T11:17:00.000-07:00

Hola! Wow, we've already into July and it feels like the summer has only just begun! Where has the time gone? We've been having such a great summer spending so much time with the kids from adding more days of classes, to adding new classes altogether, to expanding pre-existing classes, we've had a busy past month and a half! Everyone is really enjoying our new summer schedule and we're really excited to see what the future holds! Here is a picture of Yamali just hanging out at the club one day, showing off a new creation from origami class!

Isamay - June!

2010-06-29T07:56:00.000-07:00

It's summertime at the club! And we are busier than ever:) The kids are having such a great time spending so much time together in classes and having so much fun that we're not sure they're even going to want to go back to school! We are open 5 days a week and every time we drive up to the front door there are at least 10 kids waiting outside for us! They love to see us pulling up:)
Jenny and Jencen have introduced a new dancing/yoga class 4 times a week with 2 days being devoted to each every week. Here is Jencen teaching the kids yoga and Isamay having a great time beside him. We love summer!

November

2009-11-22T06:43:00.001-08:00

Yamali, center, having fun with a nail painting kit that was donated.

Isamay: Salon Work

2009-10-26T19:48:00.001-07:00

One of the longer term goals for Dove is to teach the kids vocations so that as they grow older, they can support their families. These older girls are interested in working in a salon. Conveniently, there is one located right near the Center. The girls are very excited to learn how to work in a salon, as you can see from their big smiles! Isamay will take part in this program.

October

2009-10-26T10:55:00.000-07:00

Isamay on the right in the pink

Yamali, bottom row second from right with the huge grin!

Their Mother, Jaritza

2009-10-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

This week Isamay and Yamali's mother Jaritza, came to the club with a very inventive craft. She will hold a class for the all the other mothers that want to learn. She makes hair pom poms for girls out of yarn. What is most impressive is what she makes them with. There is a name for this craft, usually done with a wooden spool, if anyone knows the name please let us know. Jaritza doesn't have a proper wooden spool, she makes her hair pom poms from a hair roller with 4 bobby pins stuck to it. She runs the yarn around, and lifts up each corner over the bobby pins with a little crochet hook. The yarn makes a round tube like line of yarn. She then makes the pom poms out of cardboard, and ends up with big colorful pom poms that are used for hair ties for the girls.

Summer Photos

2009-08-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

Yamali and a picture she drew of butterflies

Yamali, left, with friends

The girls (center) lining up for snack at the Club.

Yamali with her handprint craft

Isamay with her handprint craft

At home with their parents. Not sure who the boy is (possibly an extended family members- they have no other siblings).

Both girls in the Club

Isamay showing off her craft

Pool Party!

2009-08-13T15:21:00.000-07:00

Liz, along with Jencen and Jenny (two Canadian volunteers in the DR for 2 weeks) took the girls of the Girls Club to a pool party, and Anamilka and Genesis were able to attend! Isamay is in the blue bathing suit. Yamali is in the green shirt and blue/pink bathing suit.

*photos taken in July 2009

The Family

2009-08-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

*photos taken in June 2009