Prout - the Progressive Utilization Theory of

(Formerly Center AMURT)

Resort community located in the two-storey building with an area. 160 m2 located on 3.5 hectares of the idea farmie.Wprowadzanie Prout started here in 2000. The center of Caracas is located about two hours by car. It serves five villages near Barlovento region, which are very backward in terms of level of education, health care, agriculture and cooperatives.

RECENT EVENTS

In 2006 in all five villages held Children's Day, participated in 450 children. A group of volunteers - clowns (from Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Switzerland) has prepared a beautiful presentation, engaging children in dance and joint artistic activities, which were both very happy and instructive. Children from the village of La Guarita who attend our classes in music, sang songs prepared. Five young people from the village of Madre common whitefish also joined the troupe as a volunteer clowns.

Children in the Madre Vieja with Christmas gifts

At the beginning of the school year (August 2006) for the second time the center has purchased 370 pupils of primary school exercise books and pencils and large notebooks, pencils, rubber bands and extra paper zmazywania for 150 secondary school children from surrounding villages.

Christmas was celebrated in five villages of 450 children aged 0-12 years who have done the Christmas decorations, Christmas participated in games, share food and receive gifts. Both parents and children a enjoyed the program. This was made possible by generous grants of the British International Group and the Scottish Football Association.

Children learn to play the drums

MUSIC

Subsidy received from PDVSA (the Venezuelan oil company) in response to a letter in 2005, the Center was established Wenezuelsko bębniarzy.Jako-African group of teachers hired local experts, who showed the community, as well as using traditional drums and how to perform them after the program grać.Rok members of the community continue to practice, they called a "drum y Fuego - Barlovento" (Drum and Fire-Barlovento) and chose his motto, "We are the light which will light drums." volunteers from the Centre designed a beautiful logo for them. Income received from the first pay concert invested in colorful T-shirts for everyone. They were invited to play at the inauguration of zoological and botanical park in Guatire. After the performance, commented that only in the most fantastic dreams can think that there might be some time on stage before an audience. still continue to perform at parties and special events. This music project raises self-esteem of all its members, develop pride in their cultural roots, and teaches them to work together.

Some members of the team bębniarskiego, which had a beginning in the Centre, began jointly producing bębny.Przymierzają to other products, which they hope to sell in the upcoming future shop for tourists.

Music program, which began last year, the game teaches simple flutes. Participate in it ten children from La Guarity receive support from the organization "Artists for Barlovento YA." Eduardo Villegas started the project, a professional musician who has lived for 20 years in Germany. Sent a group of music teachers to continue to work with children.

Working in the apiary

ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE

Breeding bees from 23 hives, collect one-time 300 kg of honey. Now install even more hives.

Hundreds of trees, papaya, granatowca, Noni, mandarynkowca bears fruit throughout the year. Annually collects hundreds of delicious mangoes, part of which is frozen and turned into jam.

During the last six months we sold over 150 packages of dried neem leaves in two natural food stores. The local shop sold every Saturday squash, pomegranates, tangerines, non, neem leaves, honey and papaya.

Registered company "Lotus Vita" set up to sell natural products from the Centre. Honey, neem leaves and the juice of the noni are sold at three retail stores in Caracas. Every Saturday morning, the same products, plus fresh fruit and vegetables are sold in the neighboring San Jose.

The company has already reached a small sewing success for three years pays five women, some of them are very poor. They are excited about an opportunity to sell their products in the cottage, which is to be built this year on the way to Caracas. Neck travel gadgets from fabrics, which have received from Crate and Bartel from Miami. Produce a lid on the cups to order from the U.S..

Plan to generate revenue for the center and the local population

PLAN FOR THE CENTRE income generation and the population

2007 years has brought challenges, and thus exciting changes. Since the beginning of the project was our largest donor Swiss AMURT who support our humanitarian work after the floods in 1999 and has helped us in creating the Center. Informed us that they are no longer able to support us. Since we are not yet independent, financially it was a huge challenge for us! We plan to deal with this as follows:

During weekends, many visitors from Caracas, near the center passes through the plażę.Poprzez construction and putting on our land churuata (round cottage in traditional style with a roof made of palm leaves), we plan to encourage tourists to stop and buy our products Vita Lotus, such as honey, natural juices, medicinal noni juice, neem leaf, neem oil, vegetables from organic farming and other fresh products. We will also sell products in cooperation with bębniarzami and krawcowymi. It is a way of initiatives to support interacting with the Centre and others, aimed at making money by the locals ..

CHANGE OF NAME

As a community project, for a moment felt the need to change the name to something that can identify local people. Najbliżsa village called Madre Vieja ("Old Mother"). Canal, which runs alongside, the so called. The word "mother" perfectly captures the spirit of the project: to promote physical, mental and spiritual development of all. So we decided that the project is called "Mother Center" and recorded it as a legal foundation.

Melqui disguised as a princess

SOCIETY

Merqui is 7 years old, lives with us for five days a week. Suffered from malnutrition and neglect, but now thanks to the benevolent care is growing well. Quick to learn, well-developed social skills and physical coordination, and in September the first class begins. Enjoys a headmistress that saved Melqui to school, believing it could resort Madre enrich their school with special activities and materials.

Since when Melqui came to us, her health and spirit have improved very much, and her teachers observe a noticeable change for the better. It very well, pleased with the classes in the school, has an incredible imagination and is simply happy.

In the village Caraquita six high school students began conducting library. Books were donated by AMURT and Shell.Jest a lot of success with rent-more than 25 students who would never have been able to buy textbooks.

11 high school students from the Madre Vieja and Caraguita who regularly assist in the activities of the Centre Madre taken to show the film. It was an amazing experience for them, since none of them have not yet been to the cinema.

Gladys and her two children. Mother finishes high school.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

The education department will continue to five projects:

1) The reading center lends books for parents of children in La Guairita to read them to his young children. The aim is to form the habit of reading and writing skills and create positive relationships between parents and children. Under this program, we invite you on Saturday afternoons, we have to resort to the workshops to improve parenting skills and self-esteem. This project has attracted a very good pick-up and plan to systematize and extend to him the other four villages. Volunteers have designed a beautiful logo for this project.

2) personal development programs for teenagers and adults: This program is meant to show people that despite the difficult and often traumatic circumstances in their lives caused by poverty, violence and discrimination, must have the power to change yourself and learn how to to its full potential. Predict individual and group discussions, advice on how to resolve conflicts, cope with stress, awareness-raising workshops and self-esteem and learn practical skills.

3) courses to obtain a high school diploma: rewarded teaching young mothers who want to finish high school but did not participate in government programs. Yuraima, a young mother from La Guairita, Gladys - 17 year old mother with two children and Franci - 18 year old mother with three children, attend special courses to finish high school. Ten young people registered on the waiting list!

4) Support for students: We will continue to assist students from local schools by providing them with the necessary school supplies, books, lending, advising and assisting teachers.

5) Rural festivals twice a year, in June and December, we assist in organizing cultural and educational program for each community. These are important events that build a bond between the center and villages. We invite a group of university theater, clowns, musicians and international volunteers that have enriched people's lives and strengthen their sense of solidarity.

Director of the center began three years of study Gestalt Psychotherapy. It will increase its ability to perform support individual development, self-awareness and group dynamics.

Leidy, a volunteer with our new washing machine

SUPPORT

Different donors support us donations each month. For example, by the end of last year still praliśmy his clothes in his hands. When Melqui live with us, it was cumbersome, because moczyła and loved playing outside and climbing trees. Supporters of our center came to the rescue and offered money to buy a washing machine. It was very significant for us. Grant in the form of money, goods or time spent enable us to bring more help.

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Translation: Carolina Kalyanii Kurpiel
Correction: Mahavira and Mariusz Domanski Mahesz Winniczuk