Juan Murillo is a professor of Spanish Language and Literature on the IES Asta Regia in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). He is the tutor of the 4th ESO D class and this 12 months he’s in command of organizing the end-of-year journey for his college students. Twenty younger individuals who have labored exhausting for 4 years and of whom Juan boasts. “They shine the middle. They are an educational reference who’re going to realize what they suggest ”, he explains to NIUS.
But they arrive from households with few assets who’ve problem making ends meet. “Many are unemployed or with a single wage, very low, with many members”, explains Juan, who assures that they’ve a really tough time dealing with the day after day. That’s why when the professor proposed the journey, everybody advised him they could not afford it. “My soul broke,” he says.
It then occurred to him to indicate solidarity and, via the crowdfunding platform ‘Gofundme’, begin a marketing campaign that aspires to achieve the 11,300 euros they should make their journey to Lisbon. “I could not sit idly by. They deserve it for his or her effort, ”she insists.
“Most have by no means left Jerez of their lives”
The instructional journey consists of 4 days in Lisbon, one in Córdoba (with out in a single day) and two last days within the Sierra de Cardeña Natural Park, in Los Pedroches. A budget-adjusted journey. “Modest however respectable,” she says.
“Most of the younger folks haven’t left their metropolis and it might be a as soon as in a lifetime event,” explains the professor who hopes to get the required cash. In 4 days, they’ve already raised greater than 4,000 euros. If not, he says, he has a plan B. “We might modify it to suit the cash raised. We would see if we suppress Lisbon or take away days. As if we ended up in my city”, says Juan, who doesn’t intend to throw within the towel.