Yanque Schools: Primary and Secondary

We sent the two oldest classes of the primary school on a field trip to Cusco in the fall of 2016. The children were able to learn more about their own culture and expand their horizons.

Working with the directors of both the primary and secondary schools, Urban Angels started our first after-school program in Yanque in 2017.

At the request of a few school directors in the valley, we worked with the Ministry of Education to adapt the national curriculum to the needs of these rural communities. The Ministry welcomed Urban Angels developing our after-school program within this adapted curriculum.

Urban Angels hired Gloria Huerta Huerta to coordinate communication throughout the year. Gloria was the director of the kindergarten (ages 3 to 5) in Yanque for twenty years, and she expanded that school to care for babies up to 2 years old as well. We used her school in Yanque as a model, first in Madrigal and then beyond.