We have painted the school of El Mogote twice, dug and built a latrine, and are ready to order the chairs and desks. One problem persists: when the children are not in school, local farmers use the building for crop storage, even though there is an adjacent building for that. This leaves the school very dirty, and the chairs and desks get stolen. At this point, the teacher can only take a limited amount of books, as she travels by motorcycle and cannot carry the 50 lbs of books we have donated.
For this we have contacted a local ironworks contractor who will install bars on the school windows and a metal door with lock so that only the teacher has access to the building.
This photo is our the contractor taking his measurements for the estimate. He comes highly recommended and has experience working on similar projects in Haiti.
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Cheyla Collado // July 8, 2008 at 4:05 am |
The things that these children have to go through each and every day to survive are incredible. I cannot believe that a baby and even the families drink from pesticide tanks!