** Reflections from the Mission team from FPC Atlanta, GA**
We visited the Boa Vista Prece programs
championed by Jose Alfredo, one of the early participants in the PRECE
initiative for a meeting about how we can assist them.
This meeting took place in what we would
call a remote farmland community and the number of people completing or working
on their college degree is amazing.
The meeting began with a presentation by
Dan Smith about a technological educational project. This was followed by comments and ideas. Ze Alfredo stated that he would like to start
small and add more students little by little to achieve success. Paulo Gleisson spoke as the Facilitator and
said that the quality of what they would teach will be important as students
learn and they evaluate progress. It was
obvious that they need a coordinating group because they all have other responsibilities. Ana Claudia shared her excitement and João
Alfredo said he will be committed to make it work. He said, “If we have a strong coordinating
group, we will not fail.”
In conclusion, Boa Vista hopes to add
cooperative learning techniques and E-learning to advance the kids’ education
even more so they will be more prepared for college than their parents. We are investigating helping them build a
program that would serve eventually 20 families and 40 kids as a model for
other communities. We discussed starting
small and growing as confidence is gained.
PRECE is now partnered with the State
Secretary of Education and the Federal University of Ceará to operate a high
school and professional school in a high tech building. The facility is used for high school as well
as after school classes and community programs.
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