Being a Zera’ facilitator has given me the opportunity to learn not only from the lessons, but from the children as well. Each child is a seed. On one occasion the regular teacher from the female prison in Obrajes told a anecdote that for me summarizes what is taught in the program: A child (who was not our student) came to his class without a pencil (the economic situation of the mothers is very poor) and one of our children landed him his new pencil (I note that the prison context is of the survival of the fittest). When the teacher caught his attention the boy told him that in his “Light class” he had been taught that he should share (like candlelight). This is one of the priceless things that the program teaches.

Verónica de Oliveira, Zera’’s volunteer