1. San Miguelito Western Guatemala 7.5 hours from Guatemala City

2. Parents and Children

3. Children Playing
Hopscotch

4. Current Situation Two classrooms- dirt floor, wooden walls, tin roof
116 Students, inscription
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

5. Kindergarten Class in Church Basement

6. Cold and Damp Classrooms

7. 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

8. Parent Council Meeting

9. Project Manager

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

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