Project status: Completed
Work started in July 2008 to build and furnish eight new classrooms in three schools in the Yupiltepeque region of Guatemala; Las Brisas, Pueblo Viejo and El Sillon.
The new schools opened in February 2009 and during the first few days of school term were visited by two Costa Foundation trustees, keen to meet the children and teachers and to see the new facilities first-hand.
The project included an innovative 3 classroom structure at Las Brisas, complete with sliding partition walls enabling the structure to be used as a community centre during the evenings. In all three schools, much-needed sanitation and clean water were provided, whilst kitchens were refurbished and security such as flood protection walls added, all ensuring a life-changing environment for teachers and students alike.
And in conjunction with the Ulrich Gurtner Kappeler Foundation, teachers have now been placed on a cultural development program to help develop a range of skills including waste management and garden work, skills which they will ultimately teach the community during evening classes.
