In Antoine de Saint Exupéry's work, the fox and the rose teach the Little Prince what love and responsibility are. With simple words and an incredible ability to draw examples we learn about the importance of being unique, of spending time together, of "taming" and of rituals.
When we work with children with special conditions we know that these details are fundamental to their development, to their learning and training.
As parents of these children, it is sometimes difficult to clearly focus our efforts and extend our love to their "special needs". That is why, from the Community Programme, we try to accompany parents in this task. Over the years we have developed specific forms and strategies for this accompaniment that we are happy to share with other entities and organisations that work with Rural Libraries. Not having special premises, voluntary work or the programme "Reading for others" are part of these strategies, as well as the concepts of ayllu, care of mother earth or the understanding that, in our Andean culture, "everything is a person".
On Wednesday, 19th April, the Community Programme Manager of the Rural Libraries Network had the opportunity to collaborate in a workshop for parents of children with disabilities, organised by CREBE: Resource Centre for Special Basic Education, Cajamarca, which took place in the Centre for Special Basic Education, Cajamarca.
You can only see well with the heart.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
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