Creative compassion at Constanza

Constanza School is one of our most innovative, and is finding ways to help during COVID-19 – with great thanks to generous donors. Kids Alive provides food, homework, and spiritual support packages each week to all 130 families attached to the school. Teachers meticulously prepare notebooks for each of their students, and the school provides all supplies for schoolwork, since even paper and pencils are scarce in our students’ homes.

In a recent survey of our families, 94% reported they were unemployed with no source of regular income during the quarantine, making our support essential.

Our staff are supervising a reading club for 3rd to 6th graders by sending books from the school library to be exchanged for others every two weeks. This month, the older youth were given Bibles, and children with birthdays this month were sent a gift as well.

School director Luz Angela meets weekly with the six other Kids Alive school directors to plan, share successes and ideas, discuss spiritual and emotional care, and look forward to next fall. The Kids Alive DR counseling staff around the island have produced and distributed videos to guide parents in connecting with their children, keeping daily routines, and addressing other issues such as stress and anxiety.

The medical staff has also produced videos and flyers on COVID-19 prevention, use of personal protective equipment, and how to care for a sick person.