Category Archives: Portiño on my mind

I hadn’t written about the Portiño since Summer, I think. I waited to know how was the evolution this year. I can write now it’s good and improving: the rookies of last year aren’t now rookies and they got the … Continue reading →

I’m always grateful to God for every year we can work at Portiño trying to help to our children to go steps forward in their life. In the previous years this work was difficult because the lack of volunteers, so … Continue reading →

Two days ago, Nemesio Fernandez Villa died at the age of 79. It was a sad new for Agarimo, the boys town he founded in Arteixo, near Coruña. But it was a very, very sad new for the Portiño, where … Continue reading →

Today I wasn’t able to teach a child (12 years old) how to draw the altitude of a triangle. She could learn it. But she didn’t want do it. She preferred going away to talk with her friends about boys

Today I lived one of the best days since two years ago at Portiño. The school was in calm. We have a lot of children to work, but we were enough volunteers to dedicate much time to everybody. We learned, … Continue reading →

It seems the OCV’s informative campaign had good results. I delayed two weeks to begin the activities waiting for new volunteers. Last week was the first time we went to Portiño. The group was formed with five new volunteers: Ariana, … Continue reading →

There is too much time I don’t write about the Portiño children project. The last months were intense. Yes, we still have an important lack of resources-human resources, and it seems it won’t improve wth the new generations of university … Continue reading →

On Tuesday we have the Christmas party in Portiño. Last year we couldn’t celebrate this because the lack of volunteers, but this quarter two new volunteers, Tamara and Carolina, joined to Iria, who began with me in the group, and … Continue reading →

Last tuesday was the first class day in Portiño. It was a shiny day, and children (around fourty) were so naughty that I’ve never saw in four years I’m in the project, I think. Good new: there is a new … Continue reading →

Final course party in Portiño. Long year, hard moments, lack of volunteers, changes. But we had lots of good moments too, like today. We ate sandwitches and candys, we danced, we played in the square… We usually have three parties … Continue reading →

Don’t have time to think where I am and what I’m going to do. The number of children increased again in these weeks, but the number of volunteers is very low. And, it’s worst, I’m their leader because I’m the … Continue reading →

From Wednesday to Friday I have been in the “I Xornadas sobre Infravivenda e Chabolismo” (I conference about Infrahousing and Shanty Town) at the Sociology Faculty. We could hear different points of view about the problem, and different actions to … Continue reading →