Continuation of Practical Workshops

Due to the success of the practical workshops in Alto Perú, SOLAC decided to fund a continuation of the courses. A lot of the participants, especially from the jewellery course, were already using the skills learnt in the workshops to implement a new economic activity, and were eager to learn more. Since it was the second set of workshops, we decided to give more responsibility to the participants of the courses. SOLAC appointed one person for each course who was responsible for the organisation and the smooth running of the workshops. One person per community had also been appointed to collect the signing-up fee from people in their area. SOLAC decided to work with the same teachers as in the previous course due to the amazing work they had accomplished. The participants also asked for the same teachers as they had developed a very strong relationship with them. The knitting and jewellery workshops are composed of 20 and 39 people respectively. The latter will be divided into two workshops, a basic one for new participants and an intermediate one for the old participants. The knitting workshop will take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays and both jewellery courses on Sundays. Since SOLAC officially closed the microfinance project on the 14th of January 2011, the responsibility of following the workshops has been passed on to the former microfinance coordinators, Valentina Martufi, Ruth Pollak, and Marta Dormal. The courses started on the 22nd and 23rd of January.