The Blog

GSW bids farewell this week to one of its program managers, Briana Spence.  Briana was a wonderful addition to the GSW family.  During her time, she worked diligently to use … Read More

Last week we diverged from the regular team sports classes at Casa Mantay, a safe home for teen mothers, and Colegio Pacca, a rural girls boarding school, to learn yoga under … Read More

The GSW program managers took two cultural field trips the Sacsayhuamán ruins above the city of Cusco. The Colegio Los Nogales students went on Monday and the Colegio Luis Vallejo … Read More

The Santoni Olimpiadas are starting soon, profes! Are you coming?,” the students excitedly asked us at the start of a Tuesday class.  The Olimpiadas is a school-wide event  we just learned of … Read More

We deviated from our normal team sports class at Pacca to take a hike. The landscape in this rural area about 45 minutes from Cusco is so beautiful, especially after … Read More

We had a great week playing soccer. To practice dribbling the girls competed in Leap Frog Soccer. In each team of five girls each girl must jump over each of … Read More

Last week was our first full week of scheduled classes at our four schools and are back in the swing of things! For most of the week we continued with … Read More

After a rainy two and a half month summer vacation, the sun is out, our students have returned to school, and GirlSportWorks is back in session! This semester we’re excited … Read More

The school year here in South America runs opposite of the states, in line with the seasons.  This means that the girls are on a break from school starting on … Read More

In addition to our sports classes, Jamie and I teach English twice a week at Colegio Los Nogales on Mondays and at Colegio Pacca on Thursdays. To celebrate Thanksgiving an the … Read More