New School for Santa Rosita: We Need Your Help!
Santa Rosita is a community of coffee pickers who earn about $2.50 per day and live way up in the mountains. They are extremely poor.
The school is made of bamboo posts and plastic with pieces of tin for the roofs. Two aulas, or classrooms, do not have any plastic meaning the rains destroy the “walls” on a weekly basis. Not only do the materials get destroyed but the kids also get sick regularly.
The community is comprised of hardworking and innovative folks who are desperate to ensure the best education and well being possible for their children.
Ellen has been working with the engineer from Vision Mundial, who donate their services. The municipality donates some of the materials, and Maranata Ferreteria gives their bottom prices on the rest of the materials. All labor except for the head abaniel (foreman) is volunteer from the community members. Therefore it is possible to build a classroom of cement for less than $5000.
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Donation of Vitamins and Anti-Parasitics for Rural Schools
Thanks to Vitamin Angels, we have received more than 30,000 vitamins and anti-parasitic medicine. We are now able to distribute vitamins to several schools in Copan villages and vastly improve the health of more than 400 children.
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Hygiene Workshops and Doctors Visits to Rural Schools
In the past two months, hygiene workshops have been set up in nine schools and a visiting doctor program has been initiated with six schools participating so far.
Pictured are babies being weighed to ensure they are a healthy weight and young children being taught the importance of washing their hands often with soap and water.
Learn more information about all Project School Supplies work in healthcare.
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New School for El Malcote Finished!
We’ll soon have photos of the completed El Malcote School. Learn more here.
The original school:
Work in progress:
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New Desks and Chairs for Agua Sucia School
The fence was locked and the teacher wasn’t there so we had to haul the furniture over the fence and into the school. The school before:
Learn more about the village and school here.
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New School for Los Arcos
Los Arcos is a village at the end of the mountain road. The children currently study outside, but now the rains have started. They desperately need of a classroom and we can build one for $4800, but need your help. The municipality will donate some materials, and we will get a great deal from the lumber yard and the engineer from World Vision will help us for free. Labor will be provided by the villagers.
Learn more about the school and village here. Learn how you can help here.
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Dental Hygiene Workshops
Workshops are continuing but Project School Supplies is in desperate need of more toothbrushes and multiple vitamins.
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Clothing Donations
Donations have been coming to Project School Supplies, which are then distributed in the rural villages surrounding Copan Ruinas for a small contribution of 1 or 2 lempira per item (around US 10 cents.)
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How to Help
Donations of cash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, school supplies and vitamins are always welcome. If you can, please consider an ongoing monthly contribution of $20 or more. Learn more here.
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Buy Music! Musicians Ellen Finn and Tamara Lewis are generously donating proceeds from the sales of their CDs to support the work of Project School Supplies. Purchase CDs at: www.EllenFinnMusic.com and TLewisMusic.com
Also, please help publicize all the amazing work Project School Supplies is doing in Honduras by forwarding this e-mail and newsletter to as many friends and family as possible.
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