Stuka Prisiri (To Learn with Pleasure)

School brings smiles to children's faces in Suriname, thanks to the local Quota club's Club-to-Club program. For the past two years, Stuka Prisiri (To Learn with Pleasure), has not only provided students from economically-depressed areas with basic skills training, but also with an attitude toward school and education that will make them life-long learners and increase their chances for success in adulthood.

Held twice a month, the Basic Skills program gives students the essential study and social skills they will need to succeed in school, connecting them with students from various areas to learn to work with diverse groups of people and build a team. It also gives them a sense of the world and opportunities that lie within and beyond their own community by taking them on tours of local businesses and fostering discussions about the professions available to them. This year, the club hopes to fund more trips like one of last year's highlights: a tour of a local hotel to introduce children to the hospitality industry and give them an opportunity to use the etiquette skills the program teaches them. The club also aims to add a mentoring component to the program; in addition to participating in group activities, children will receive a buddy to provide personal coaching and guidance that their resource- and time-strapped families might not be able to offer.

Club-to-Club donations will support the nuts and bolts that are crucial to running the program: materials for classes, food and drinks, clothing, transportation to Stuka Prisiri, and trips to local businesses.

• If you wish to donate to this project, please click here.
  
  
• To read about Suriname's 2006 Club-to-Club accomplishments, click here.
  

• To learn more about Suriname, click here.
  
  
• To return to the Club-to-Club World Service page,
  click here.