School Supplies

Colomoncagua is a municipality in the department of Intibucá.  To get to the main part of Colomoncagua or the “casco” you take a busito from La Esperanza on windy dirt road for 3 to 4 hours depending upon the condition of the road.  Colo consists of about 11 different aldeas with a total of about 15,000 people.  The aldeas vary in population, economic standing, size, and accessibility.  Many of the aldeas are still without electricity, potable water, and running water.  These aldeas are generally only accessible via foot or motorcycle and are located high in the mountains or deep in pine forests.  Since access is limited and the aldeas are so far from any real city many of the schools in these aldeas are “left behind” by the government.  Many of the schools are in various stages of physical and educational disrepair due to the little to no funding the school receives.   Brian and Jessica are working with one ’forgotten’ elementary school in particular.  This school is located in El Almendro, a small aldea about 2 hours walk from where they live in Colo.  The school, Escuela UNION, has four classrooms for seven grades (kinder though sixth grade) and four teachers.  The textbooks that are used are out of date and falling apart, there are no books for the students to read other than the texts as the school (and Colomoncagua) has no library, and most of the students do not have basic school supplies.  In order for things to improve, students need a strong educational base and a safe and comfortable learning environment.  We would like to help this school provide a better learning environment for their students, to help promote literacy in the school and the community, and to foster change so that when these students grow up their children will have a chance at an improved education. Our primary goal for this school is to help provide the school and the students with basic school supplies as well as books, puzzles, and games to foster creative thinking, provide interactive learning, and improved education.  Our secondary goal, along with the help of the community, is to build a multipurpose room/library that can be used by students as well as community members to promote the importance of education, promote literacy, and to provide an area for interactive learning. Initial fundraising goal:  $2,000 for supplies (pencils, notebooks, paper, crayons), books, and other learning materials for 160 students. Secondary goal:  Multipurpose room – community members will contribute no less than 25% in donations in the form of labor, land, materials, and monetarily to construct a secure multipurpose room/library.     To donate to this project  Click Here  and include School Supplies in your note