Project Report
| Apr 14, 2014
Education Heals
By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations
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Dear Supporter,
This project has been established to aid the local schools which are currently over populated, under-staffed and under-resourced. It aims to improve facilities and resources, supply assistant teachers, and text books for every student.
With the over flow of immigrants, due to the booming tourist industry, the public schools have become over populated, under staffed and under resourced. Currently students attend school for 3 hrs a day, with teachers often having to group grades together.
With support, the project will include:
- Textbooks for every student
- Assistant Biligual teachers
- Assistance with labor and materials for the construction of basic classroom facilities
- Assistance with infrastructure and grounds maintance
- Adult evening language classes
- Extra curricular and after shcool activities
- Assistance in developing a small scale IT center with computers, a printer and photocopier
- Assistance in developing a small scale library.
Education fights crimes, violence and wars...education unites us all.
Many thanks for your continuing support
Sonya Danchik
Founder of the Mal Pais Education project
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Jan 13, 2014
Happy New Year
By Sophie Birkett | Charitable Trust manager
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Dear Supporter,
December we saw our kindergarten class of 2013 graduate and our new classroom were completed with generous donations from you and lots of volunteer work!
For 2014, we are sponsoring three of our graduates to study at the local non-profit bilingual school which is a considerable amount per month, so we have plenty of fundraisers planned for this year. We will also continue our own sponsorship program with the Mal Pais Education Project Kinder, we have 10 students starting on Monday!
We are grateful for the opportunity to unite our little community through education. Through our learning center and community center we're able to support and empower local families and facilitate a brighter future for our students.
Happy New Year and thank you all for your support in our community/education project.
All the best
Sonya Danchik
Project manager
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Oct 28, 2013
Dia de Culturas
By Sophie Birkett | Charitable Trust manager
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Dear Supporter,
After a lot of financial support we have finally started construction of the classrooms for our kindergarten in Mal Pais! We still need to raise funds for classroom furniture and supplies and volunteers are ready to start painting next month. The doors will be open in January 2014 and we are very excited to welcome our new students.
In Costa Rica, October is the month to celebrate world culture with October 12th being a national holiday called 'Dia de Culturas", to highlight both the cultural contributions of the Spanish, indigenous and Caribbeans. We enjoy this time with the students to celebrate different cultures and integrate global issues into the curriculum.
In December, three of our sponsor students are graduating and we are hoping to continue sponsoring them with full scholarship at the non-profit community bilingual school "Escuela Futuro Verde"...so plenty more fundraising events to come.
We are grateful to all our private sponsors who help us finance the project and also the many volunteers who have and still continue to share their time and energy.
Many thanks
Sonya Danchik
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