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PROJECT PROPOSAL
TEAM PROJECT OBJECTIVE
4WRDMIA’s objective is to fulfill its mission to move Miami’s next generation forward with a holistic approach to education through wellness, recreation, and development. 4WRDMIA will accomplish this by partnering with A Better Foundation (ABF) Learning Center in Homestead, FL. By reimagining and revitalizing existing spaces at the school, 4WRDMIA will bring mindfulness, creativity, growth, and playfulness to the students and staff of ABF. By assuring staff receives training to incorporate mindfulness into daily activities - whether it be learning, play, gardening, yoga, or reflection, 4WRDMIA will help move this and future generations forward. Research overwhelmingly speaks to the benefits of mindfulness practices to every person, but especially to the unique population of students, ABF serves.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
ABF Learning Center strives to educate children through a culturally enriching process that uses traditional classroom curriculum as well as holistic learning to provide students with a rich, stimulating learning opportunity. The school currently serves about 135 families. Services include daycare for infants and toddlers, preschool, Voluntary Pre-K, and full-time kindergarten, first, and second grades, as well as an after-school program benefiting students from a nearby elementary school. 85%-95% of ABF Learning Center families benefit from government-subsidized programs. The center is located directly across from Chapman Partnership, which is a homeless shelter that provides emergency housing, food, and job placement to those in need and across from Camillus House’s transitional housing community. A vast majority of the children attending ABF Learning Center come from families living at Chapman Partnership or Camillus House, or that have recently moved from these shelters into temporary housing nearby.
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