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Pulseras
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The Pulsera Project offers free service learning projects and educational materials to Spanish teachers and clubs across the U.S. We work with students and teachers to educate and empower students through fair-trade bracelet sales, innovative educational content, and direct connections to young Nicaraguan artisans.
Pulsera Service-Learning
Color Your Classroom
The Pulsera Project breathes life into Spanish classrooms through vivid educational materials that offer powerful insight into Latin American culture.
Based on the life experiences of the project's 26 member artisan cooperative, our lesson plans, videos, and writings weave compelling stories of street life, poverty, and culture into classes across the country. Students react directly to the realities of life in another culture, and Pulsera Project schools offer their students the opportunity to empower the same artisans they're learning about.
We partner with teachers across the country to develop effective, easy to use materials for your classroom (available in both English and Spanish) that include:
- Fact sheets
- Crossword puzzles
- Videos
- Coloring activities
- Written autobiographies of the members of our artisan cooperative
- Opportunities to directly connect with these amazing young artists
Color your classroom today by sending an e-mail to pulseraproject_gmail.com or calling 610-350-9327.
Schools in 38 states have colored their classrooms and hallways with the indigenous art of the pulsera, made in Nicaragua by fair trade cooperatives, artisan families, and former street children in the "Si a la Vida" youth shelters.
The sale of these amazing works of art benefits countless young Nicaraguans through projects that support education, community and sustainability, all while cultivating student leadership and international service.
We provide everything you need to bring this unique service project to life - a large trifold display, Nicaraguan flag, informational materials, videos, customized posters and flyers, and enough pulseras to color the entire school!
All you need to get started is to send an e-mail that says "I'm in!" to pulseraproject_gmail.com with the following information:
1. A confirmation that you've read the sales guide
2. Start and end dates for your sale
3. An address to ship the pulseras
Questions? E-mail us at pulseraproject_gmail.com or call us at 610-350-9327.
One Class's Story
See the Pulsera Project come alive firsthand through this short film produced by FIona Becker, a senior at Santa Rosa High School in California.
Click here to read the testimonials of Fiona's classmates and their teacher, Carla Forchini.
