Filled with books and resources the children of Los Blancos will have a place to access education and get help with homework and assignments from school. The committee in charge of this project is motivated to see their community develop and provide access to school-aged children!
Some of the challenges we have faced including finding land to be donated for this project - one of the main reasons why it took so long. We thought we had found one and didn't end up working out. We then spoke with community leaders and collectively decided that the land next to the current community center is available and up or donation. It worked out perfectly because now the Learning Center will be part of the Community Center. Students, parents and children all have a one-stop-shop for access to resources and information.
With the help and guidance of Project Las Americas, we have been able to get through the challenges work alongside the community members and make this dream a reality!
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| Digging out the area to begin building! |
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| The walls are up! |
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Measuring! |
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| Finishing up to get a roof on it! |
In may we held a book fair where all the community members had the opportunity to donate books for the learning center. It also gave us the opportunity to promote the project and have poeple sign up for any role/responsibility they saw fit for them!
This has been a great success so far and I thank the Peace Corps Volutneers and Committee involved for all of their hard work!
