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New photos of second phase of construction at Nuestra Señora de los Pobres
There are some excellent new photos up on the photo page showing the early stages of construction for the two classrooms going up in Zacatecoluca. Click herefor a little background info on the school and its ongoing fruitful relationship with TLAU.
A few mothers have a go at the new foundation. This photo speaks volumes about how focused and effective TLAU’s mission remains.
New winter projects: Virgen de Guadalupe and Nuestra Senora de los Pobres
As the final touches are being put on the classrooms in San Pedro, TLAU is already busy preparing for two new projects that will be carried out simultaneously.
The first project at the Centro Escolar Catolico Virgen de Guadalupe has been in the works for a while, but we have been waiting for them to get their land placed in the name of the local diocese (it is TLAU policy not to improve land owned by the government or private individuals). The school is found in the department of Santa Ana in a very poor “canton” or neighborhood called Cutumay Camones. Most of the school’s 100 students, kindergarten to 6th grade, come from extremely poor families that survive by sorting through garbage at the nearby landfill and selling whatever they find.
During my visit in March I met with the school’s principal, Benjamin Franklin (his real name or a nickname? the world may never know), and he was very hopeful that the TLAU donors would come to the aid of the school and its children. He begged us to consider beginning the classrooms ASAP, but out of respect for our donors we had no choice but to wait until the land was official property of the diocese. You might not be able to tell from the photos, but the school is in bad shape and the children attend class in very poorly wrought buildings on very rocky land. This is a perfect project for TLAU, and with your help we can provide Virgen de Guadalupe with two very sturdy, durable classrooms that will serve generations of children.
The second project will actually be the continuation of an older project at Nuestra Senora de los Pobres (see older posts), where TLAU (using a generous donation from Jim and Monica Rolquin of North Carolina) constructed two
classrooms, bathrooms with flush toilets and provided desks, chairs, and blackboards for the classrooms. But the number of students continues to grow, and TLAU has agreed to provide two more classrooms. Special thanks to the Rolquins for their involvement in this endeavor.
Stay updated through our blog/newsfeed as these two projects begin, and join me in praying for a timely and successful completion of these projects.
Nuestra Señora de los Pobres inaugurates two classrooms
How does this:
become this:
in less than a year?
Why, with a little help from Jim and Monica Rolquin and family, whose generous donation provided land, two classrooms, bathrooms with flush toilets, desks, chairs, and blackboards for the students. Browse through the photos and take a look at the inauguration, which took place in August, and the end-of-year graduation ceremony. Also included are photos of the bathrooms and the students unpacking the tables and chairs.
The Rolquin family has been to El Salvador twice with Father Keane and hope to travel there again to see firsthand how their gift is being used to brighten the future of so many children.
More school supplies for children at Nuestra Señora de Los Pobres
Walter sent a few photos of the packets of school supplies handed out to the needy children of Centro Escolar Nuestra Señora de los Pobres in Zacatecoluca (see map). The photo to the left is Walter’s truck full of the supplies just before handing them out.
Just in time for the new school year, which in El Salvador st
arts in January, 100 of the school’s smallest students received a small bookbag or “mochila” containing a notebook, crayons, pens, and pencils.
The cost? $10 per child.
Click here for more photos…
And Yet Another For Our Lady: Nuestra Señora de los Pobres
Okay boys and girls! It’s time for a quiz…
The picture to the left shows us
A) How much help the people of El Salvador need in building suitable educational infrastructure.
B) How much fun learning really is.
If you answered A, you are correct. However, TLAU will also accept B as correct, in light of the width of the grin on that lad’s face.
The Centro Escolar Nuestra Señora de los Pobres is located in Zacatecoluca. In February, Walter suggested that we hand out packets of school supplies in this very poor area, which was done (pictures). But while he was there, he noticed a large group of children attending class within an environment that can be called anything but a classroom, and from what I can tell is conducive to everything except learning. Eighty-five students attend this school, pre-K through second, and many haven’t even a desk to write on.
So with your generosity, (and thanks especially to Jim and Monica Rolquin for their sizeable donation) we have bought a plot of land upon which we will build two classrooms and bathrooms with flush toilets.
And notice that our project doesn’t include purchasing the badly-needed desks…for that we need you to step in and help. All it takes is $35, less than the price of a tank of gas, and one of these kids has a clean, smooth, expansive surface upon which to write. Please help!
More photos may be found here.