1. Secondary Education: Community Priority Closest high school >15 miles down dirt roads. High School age children and adults need to help on farms to support families Few adult community members have completed high school. –War –Lack of resources

2. Secondary Education: Goals Improve access for all community members Provide high quality education Make school sustainable

3. Education: Sabatino Colegio El Almendro

4. Currently there are over 130 students from many surrounding communities.

5. Education: Sabatino Colegio El Almendro Today there are 3 grades and 156 students School is no longer big enough In three years we expect school to grow to 840 students (may be an underestimation) and be serving students from 18 different communities Ministry of education is paying for two new teachers and will pay new teachers as needed Applying for grant for new school

6. HPS Student Survey Surveys Completed by student Process was 100% confidential Students did not write their name on survey Teachers left room while students completed surveys (collected by HPS representative)

7. Education: Sabatino Students’ Home Town (n=124)

8. Many students still travel for hours on horseback or on foot to arrive at the school.

9. Education: Sabatino Students’ Age

10. Education: Sabatino

11. Why is it important for you to get an education? – “ Because I want to help my community” – “So I can get a higher paying job” – “So that I can learn to be tolerant of those different from me” – “So that people will respect me” – “So that I can better my own life and help those in need in my community” – “So that I can help my family” – “Because we are our future”