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Meet Johnny's colleagues
Our teaching team: Mayra, Johnny and Yohanna.


Johnny, Mayra, and Yohanna dream of being able to support each and every child in Batey Libertad. To come closer to this dream, next year, we are building a brand new and fully equipped two-story Learning Center to teach 170 students. From December 26 until January 2 every donation will be doubled! Please help us reach of our goal of $100,000!

Having a new building would be a life-changing opportunity for both our students and teachers. For Johnny, it would mean a step up from Teaching Assistant to Teacher, with his own classes. For Mayra, it would mean being able to once again reach our older students, who may otherwise finish school without mastering how to read and write properly in Spanish. For Yohanna, it's the ability to support more children whose families have arrived from Haiti, in search of better opportunities, to smoothly transition into their new community. 

 
Please help our teaching team to keep on changing the lives of children and young people in Batey Libertad.
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As you know, Johnny's inspirational story is one to admire. With the new Learning Center, he could become a teacher and have his own classes. This would mean he could have an even bigger impact on the students and the community of Batey Libertad. If you haven't watched it yet, take a few minutes to watch his Holiday Match Campaign video.
Mayra began her Yspaniola journey as a university scholar. In 2016, she completed her degree in Education in Natural Sciences and, following an internship, joined our teaching team. Mayra has helped many students make the leap from learning phonics to reading and writing fluently!
 
This year has seen her take on a new challenge as Lead Teacher in our preschool, and she has adapted effortlessly to the new age group. The whole Yspaniola team hopes that we will soon have a new Learning Center so we can offer increased classes for older students. 
Yohanna has been a Teaching Assistant at our preschool for five years. She's a skilled educator and loves working with our younger students. Yohanna has always dreamed of studying Education, but unfortunately, due to the same struggles that most families in Batey Libertad face, she has not had the opportunity. Yohanna's two older sisters are studying Psychology and Nursing on Yspaniola scholarships, and she hopes that one day she will be able to follow in their foosteps and enter into higher education.
 
Yohanna's enthusiasm for education is boundless, and she is always thinking up new and creative strategies and games to keep students engaged. Through working with Yspaniola, she has learned new IT skills and has also worked as a tutor, planning her own classes and assessing and adapting to students' individual needs: important skills for building a career in education.

We are building a new Learning Center to teach over 170 students

Our teachers are excited about the idea of new two-story Learning Center to increase our impact.   

"As teachers, we work for the children and youth of the community. Unfortunately during the pandemic, we had to leave the center we were renting to teach the older students. Having a new Learning Center of our own would allow us to resume classes for students from 8 years old and beyond." - Yohanna

"This new Learning Center will help us support more students and carry out different activities for them, with better resources and infrastructure improving our students' learning experience and progress." - Mayra
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Please consider donating by January 2 to help us raise $100,000! During these dates, every donation will be DOUBLED. Your generosity will go a long way for Batey Libertad's youth.

If you have already made your gift this year, thank you, and please consider forwarding this email to a friend.
✨ Together, let's build brighter futures! ✨
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