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Our first project was about
helping the community of Cinchona
located in the province of Alajuela
The idea was to help the people from Cinchona
in the process of reconstruction of the new town
giving as much support as possible
in order to make a friendly community with the environment
and so helping the families who didn't received
aid from the government
we couldn’t proceed with this project
because we didn't realize that is not that easy
we found many obstacles
such as they don't even know the place
where are going to build the new town
and the government at this time
well... does not allow to help
for this reason we decided to change the project
and that's when we found
the school of Hatillo 2
The name of our project is
"Aid to the Student's Community of Hatillo 2"
the main idea is to help this school
in the way of infrastructure
we are asking for several materials like
ceramic, paints, like canoes and stuff like that
to fix the school
We are planning once we have the materials
to paint some restrooms
which are one of the most important areas
also to paint some schoolrooms
to make a better place to study
The entire building is in very bad conditions
except by the Principal's office!
the schoolrooms are very bad
most of them doesn't have ceiling
the ones who have it...well... it is really bad and...
is destroyed because of the pigeons
schoolrooms are dark...
they don't have electricity at all
are really dark (again!!!)
the smell is horrible
because of.. these pigeons
so...
also... another problem is that... when it rains
the water gets into the schoolrooms
wetting everything
because they don't have...windows
and... many holes
and they don't have canoes
around the school
in addition we would like to diffuse this case
in the national media
in order to take the attention of the parents
and of course, the MEP (Ministry of Public Education)
they can contribute in the well being of the school
because their children.. or the students
are part of the school
and are the future of this country
I'm calling Repretel
We called many times to Repretel
trying to let them know the situation of the school
in order to show it to the country
We think parents would worry more about the place
their children study
-In the classroom we have many problems as regards the pigeons...
...that live in the ceiling...
...especially in the classroom that I share with my partner...
...even, there's too much...
...pigeons defecate too much...
...and the smell is unbearable...
...here we have no electricity...
...we had problems with Santa Rosa's battle holiday...
...and we didn't have where to practice the hymns...
...we had to look for other classrooms...
...and here basically is... the windows...
...(and the termites!)... and the termites-. (and the walls!)
So we are here in Distribuidora San Pio (in Hatillo 2)
we called to the...
...manager's office, of San Pio
and he told us that
the donation wass carried out! (yeah!)
He told us -Yes-, so
We're gonna pick up the donation
and that's ready
We are happy for that!
We sent letters asking for donations to several companies
like Comex, Pinturas Sur...
But the only one who gave us a positive answer
was Distribuidora San Pio
It is like two or three hundred meters from the school
here we are carrying
all the donations
We are going to the school
is right there!
Ok, well, this is the dining room
this is the place we are gonna fix in this school
we are gonna paint it
not because we want
but because they want
we don't have enough time to paint
the schoolrooms
the are too many of them
and maybe that can make
kind of...
fights between the teachers and all that
so we are gonna paint the dining room
is not that bad
it seems to be nice
I don't like the colors!, but
it is OK
so we are gonna paint it I guess...mmm
the lady over there told us to paint it like
dark green in the...(and light green)
dark green and light green... in the down side
This Eduardo Miranda
San Pio's Manager
The donation he gave us was:
two buckets of white anticorrosive,
two buckets of light green paint
two plushes
and one gallon of Varsol
After picking up the donation
we went to the school to give it to the Principal
By this time that's all we could do
to help them
but the idea is not to finish this project here.. and now
we are planning, with more time and more materials
going to paint more than only the dining room
I think as inexpert students
we plan projects with the hope that
we will receive positive answers
when requesting help to the companies
however the reality is different
therefore before carrying out a project
we should take into account this situation
when carry out the video
we were careful when
we organize all the ideas
and also we practice talking in English
I believe that this experience
will change in a positive way
because the children will enjoy
in a better atmosphere
when they are consuming their foods
This was not an easy experience
but it was nice
we were afraid about not getting any help
from anybody
we thought we would fail
besides helping someone
in this case.. the children
we had to think in English every time because
there was always the video in out minds
since now we are very exposed to an English environment
with these kind of home works and activities
and also exposed to the idea about helping others
In our case we felt very sensitive
with children
and that, we think...
will help us in the future as teachers
We hope the people in the school
will think the same and will work
in a better way to improve their second home
We have to give thanks to our professor Tristana
for all the help She gave to us
and basically to the only people who
gave us a donation
in this case
the people of Distribuidora San Pio
and of course, at last but not less important
thanks to God!