14 Classrooms and Still Building!
Over the last year and a half, SchoolBOX has built 14 classrooms for five schools in Nicaragua, Central America. These classrooms provide scholastic homes for hundreds of students and their teachers. Here is a quick overview and picture of each school.
Rueben Dario School, Rueben Dario Community, Leon
Director: Mario Del Carmen
# of Classrooms Built: 4
(with 2 more being built in 2010)
# of Teachers: 14
# of Students: 924 (501 boys, 423 girls)
# of Students per Grade:
San Santiago School & Blaney Library, Big Corn Island, RAAN
Director: Ninoska Garcia
# of Classrooms Built: 3
# of Teachers: 5
# of Students: 75 (41 boys, 34 girls)
# of Students per Grade:
San Pedro de la Flor Preschool, Ometepe
Director: Yolanda Mendoza
# of Classrooms Built: 1
# of Teachers: 1
# of Students: 20 (10 boys, 10 girls)
# of Students per Grade:
Little Corn Island School, Little Corn Island, RAAN
Director: Orpha Gonzalez Martin
# of Classrooms Built: 3
# of Teachers: 8
# of Students: 187 (94 boys, 93 girls)
# of Students per Grade:
Mark McLoughin Preschool, Las Cruzes, Ometepe
Director: Teresa De Jesus Rodriguez
# of Classrooms Built: 3
# of Teachers: 3
# of Students: 43 (28 boys, 15 girls)
# of Students per Grade:
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SchoolBOX Quick Facts:
- SchoolBOX spent 12% of revenue on administration in 2008.
- Adventura Nica, an amazing group of dedicated youth from St. Paul's Anglican Church in Almonte, Ontario, is preparing to build two classrooms in March of 2010 for a school in Nicaragua.
- SchoolBOX's AYES (Aboriginal Youth Empowering Students) program brings together aboriginal youth from across Canada to build schools for impoverished children in Central America.
- More than 50% of children in Nicaragua do not finish Grade 5.
- SchoolBOX has increased the number of children that is serves in Central America by almost 100% in the last year.
- In 2006, SchoolBOX began with the simple gift of a notebook and a pencil to a young girl in Northern Nicaragua.
- Harvey Griggs, a well respected Toronto-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, has recently joined SchoolBOX's Board of Directors.
- SchoolBOX is a Registered Canadian Charity.
Give the Gift of Education
Every donation to SchoolBOX, no matter how big or small, makes a difference in the lives of children in Central America. Your contributions will provide school supplies, sports equipment, dental hygiene, and infrastructure - making the future bright for thousands of students.
$5 equips one student with a package containing 4 notebooks, pencils, a ruler, a pencil sharpener, and an eraser.
$10 provides a bin to the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education that is used to store balanced cooked meals provided everyday to the students.
$20 equips one teacher with a package containing planning notebooks, acrylic and permanent markers, pencils, chalk scissors, paper, and glue.
$22 provides a well-constructed new desk and chair for a student.
$35 dollars provides a school with a reliable water dispenser for drinking and washing hands.
$60 gives a teacher in Nicaragua a desk, a simple requirement that many teachers lack.
$1000 gives a school in Central America a bathroom.
$10,000 helps build a library for the Jezreel School, which will not only provide the gift of reading, but will also provide a safe gathering place for students, teachers, and adult learners.
View SchoolBOX Gift Items here.
All donations can be sent to:
SchoolBOX Inc.
Mill St.
Almonte, Ontario
Canada, K0A 1A0
Donations can also be made online.
(Please remember to indicate the gift item(s) that you are purchasing. We will send you thank you notes and a receipt. For more information please e-mail us at info@schoolbox.ca).
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