San Miguelito Western Guatemala 7.5 hours from Guatemala City

Parents and Children

Children Playing Hopscotch

Current Situation Two classrooms- dirt floor, wooden walls, tin roof 116 Students, inscription 2010 - 175 Kindergarten - basement of church-cold, dark, dreary 1 toilet for 116 children Kitchen – makeshift shack – open wood fire Sheets on a clothesline separate grades in a classroom 4 teachers

Kindergarten Class in Church Basement

Cold and Damp Classrooms

What Does it have ? Canadian connection Strong community support Committed Guatemalan Rotary Club – delivered 100 desks to the school in 2008 Parent council Fund raised money to purchase land for new school

Parent Council Meeting

Project Manager

What Does it Need? Six new classrooms – two story building Three new washrooms New kitchen and stove with chimney A library Principal’s Office

Costs Estimate $125,000 US Phase 1 – classrooms(3) - $40,000 US Phase 3 – bathrooms(3), kitchen, Principal office, library - $45,000 US