Her daughter Carol, 8, already had on her mask and pink backpack, ready to run ahead of the pack as soon as the school busвЂ™s arrival was announced.ДЄbout three dozen children from Casa Oscar Romero and another religious-run shelter attend Casa Kolping. вЂњEducation is important so that they can develop as people and theyвЂ™ll be able to defend themselves from whatever life will put before them,вЂќ Lucia said as she made breakfast in the small communal kitchen at the shelter, where the family had lived for nine months. She asked to be identified by just her first name for safety.

Among them was Lucia, a single mother of three who fled the Mexican state of Michoacan after a drug cartel вЂњtook over the harvest and everythingвЂќ in their home. Many housed at this shelter and elsewhere in Ciudad Juarez fled Central America growing numbers of Mexican families from areas engulfed in cartel warfare are arriving, too.ДЇor a while after the school program started in October, teachers encouraged parents to join their children in the classrooms to build trust. Their shelter, Casa Oscar Romero, is named for a beloved Salvadoran archbishop, known for ministering to the poor, who was assassinated during his countryвЂ™s civil war and later made a saint by Pope Francis. вЂњThey say the teacher always takes good care of them, plays with them,вЂќ Rodas said. While she and her husband are so fearful of gangs that they donвЂ™t dare leave their Catholic-run shelter, she leapt at the chance for the children to be bused to Casa Kolping. VictorвЂ™s oldest sister, Katherine Rodas, 22, fled death threats in Honduras with him and two other siblings she raised after their mother died. вЂњItвЂ™s also important вЂ¦ that the families feel theyвЂ™re not in hostile territory.вЂќ вЂњThey get integrated in the educational system so they can keep gaining confidence,вЂќ said Teresa Almada, who runs Casa Kolping, where Victor studies, through a local organization funded three decades ago by lay members of Catholic parishes.

It also informs many of the educators, who recognize schooling as crucial to the youthsвЂ™ future, including their ability to socialize and eventually find jobs and feel at home wherever they end up. While the curriculum is not religious, faith animates these projects, as it does many other migrant relief efforts at the border. Pastor-run shelters have partnered with educators to help - either busing children to an alternative school that teaches everything from math to reading to dealing with emotions, or bringing in specially accredited teachers. policies that made some wait in Mexico for their court hearings and banned others under a pandemic-era order set to expire May 23. TheyвЂ™re prevented from seeking asylum there by U.S. Just in this vast desert metropolis next to El Paso, Texas, thousands of migrant families have hunkered in shelters, waiting to cross into the United States. Giving them access to education is a daunting and urgent challenge. I beat everyone.вЂќД«eing enrolled in a school program designed for migrant children in Ciudad Juarez, Victor does have a leg up on many others like him who, fleeing poverty and violence, lose months or even years of schooling on their journeys. вЂњIвЂ™m winning the race!вЂќ the 12-year-old exclaimed. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - His completed geometry exercise in hand and a smile lighting up his eyes above his face mask, Victor Rodas rushed to the teacher as other students were still drawing.

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