2008 projects

2008 projects included:

Building of the High School

Building of the Preschool

Fencing in Ecological Park

Library Projects

Trip to Mirador

Trail and Bridges in Ecological Park

Theater in San Andres

San Andres High School (Magisterio)

Project Cost: $28,000

Funded by Builders Beyond Borders

Our most ambition project to date. Preparation of the site began in January 2008, and 2 large groups from the US will participate in the construction of the high school. The first group is scheduled for February and the second in April. The High School was completed in April, and classes began in the new facility in mid-May.

New logo for High School

Thanks to B3

Nearly finished

Painted School

Workers

Plaque for the school

Painted school

Last day of work

Painting away

On the roof

Painting

Work Work Work

Cleaning the walls

First row of block

the workers

Plasterin

Roof

First row of tin roof

Starting to look like a school

Day one...bare ground

day one

Bucket Brigade

mixing cement

laying block

Chain gaing

Cement Crew

Half-blocks

4,250 blocks to go

The wall gets higher

and higher

and even higher

Where's genaro?

keep going

Cement crew

soccer game

in the library

in front of the library

discoteca!

regaton!

Salsa!

What kind of job is this

final work day

PreSchool for San Andres

Project Cost: $10,000

Funded by our Summer volunteers

This Summer we had a good and large group of individual volunteers that built a PreSchool for San Andres. Two University groups (One from the University of Illinois, and the other from the University of Guelph), helped to build the walls of the new school.

mudbath

finished school

Hanna and mini-hanna

Thanks

Bob the Builder cake

Hauling blocks

Jordan

David G.

Manuel

Jessica

Bobo

Sung

Hannah

Diploma for Ethan

Diploma for Madalyn

J_D

Dieter

Rebecca

Andreas

Matthew

David T.

Jim

Hang

Mary

Sam

Fencing in the Ecological Park

Project Cost: TOTAL $75,000

Donations Raised to date: $3,500

Due to constant encroachment on the ecological park, we have decided to build a formal fence around the entire park, which will 1) completely preserve the integrity of the park, 2) allow all the wildlife inside the park to live in peace from the neighboring dogs, pigs, children, and folk with rifles, and 3) allow us to integrate all forms of wildlife that have been extirpated from the park.

Library Projects

Project Cost: $3,000

Donations Raised to Date: $0

Origami Project

Trip to Mirador

Project Cost: $400

Donations Raised to Date: $200

We finally decided to make the 5 day journey to the most renowned Mayan Ruins in the Peten. We asked for donations to help pay the cost so local teenagers could make the jouney to the greatest Mayan Ruins right in their backyard.

Day One to Mirador

The Adventure Begins

Day One: Nothing but mud

We finally reach camp

Spectacular Sunset at Tintal

We finally reach Mirador

Ruins at Mirador

La Danta: largest pyramid in the world

View from La Danta

Jaguar Paw Temple

Sunset at La Tigra Temple

The Walk back

The walk back

The walking never seems to end

At the end of the trail...Day 5

Trail and Bridge Renovations in Ecological Park

Project Cost: $500

Donations Raised to Date: $500 East Bay Conservaion Corps

Thanks to the East Bay Consevation Corps from San Fran Califonia, we renovated the bridges and trails in the park, and added 4 new ponds for our waterfowl. The East Bay Conservation Corps also donated an extra $1000 that will go towards our Natural Resource Management School in 2009.