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Glad to say that our first major field trip with the
school was a complete success. In June, we took our
school to the Mirador National Park, which hold the
largest Mayan ruins in the world. It was a wonderful 2
day walk through the jungle to get there, and a
wonderful 2 day walk through the jungle to get back to
civilization. Thanks to all of your generous donations,
we were able to give a handful of San Andres students
the one in a lifetime experience of visiting one of the
greatest world wonders in their own backyard.
2010 is quickly turning in to one of our most productive
years to date. The ecological park is stronger than
ever, the library has been kicked into high gear with
constant daily programs, and we are pushing education to
the max with our school project.
All the focus on the ecological park this year has
really paid off. There are now a number of schools from
the Santa Elena area and a group of women from the
adjacent town that are conduction projects in the park.
And even last year, we received a visit from the
Governor of the Petén.
As our new school is evolving, we continue to recruit
new teachers to help inject this part of the world with
a proper and decent education. Sergio, our teacher from
last semester, has returned to Spain, and we now welcome
Miriam from Argentina. Miriam, a biologist like Sergio,
will be helping us with our school through October.
We are still looking for some funds to help our teacher
recruitment program, so quality teachers like Miriam and
Sergio continue to help our efforts. For 2011, we will
need to boost the fund to pay for 2 to 3 teachers.
We have had a lot of great workers and great groups help
out the past couple of months, and we’d like to thank
John, Dan, RK, Tricia, Amber, Joey, Matt, Alex, Beth,
Patrick, Ahn, Jade, Jackson, Anya, and Alicia.
Volunteers and volunteer groups are the backbone of what
we are trying to accomplish in developing San Andres.
Without them, it wouldn’t be possible to have an
ecological park, library, or school.
Visit us at
www.volunteerpeten.org
for more information or contact us at
volunteerpeten@hotmail.com
for any further information about the school for natural
resources.
Click here to donate.
Thanks to all your help and support for our program,
and we will continue our work here in San Andres and
keep you informed of our goals and accomplishments.
Matthew R. Peters
Director
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