Escuelita-The Little School
We received a request from Kate's aunt Allie to support a small school in Costa Rica, where Kate's grandmother was from. The little school was started by family friends, Tita and Alberto Perez, and served children with learning disabilities. Without this little school-the Escuelita-these children would sit in the corner, not able to learn, and would advance each year, having passed no important benchmarks. Many would graduate without even being able to read.
Their needs were so simple-just basic school supplies. We sent two boxes filled with pencils, stickers, scissors, erasers, paper, maps and coloring books. Here is the response we received from Tita: "What an excitement it was to open the two boxes you sent us!!! You really have no idea how thankful we are, in the name of all the kids, for such gesture. We really don't realize how lucky we are to have beautiful schools with lots of wonderful material that helps us enhance our knowledge. The three classrooms were built inside that gym you see, among the shacks. It was an abandoned gymnasium and the government gave it to us, so we fixed it and painted it, and tried to do an ideal world among the horrible environment. Thank you also for the beautiful messages you sent. Big hug from all of us in the Escuelita."
How wonderful to be able to help these children in another part of the world with something as simple as pencils.
We received a request from Kate's aunt Allie to support a small school in Costa Rica, where Kate's grandmother was from. The little school was started by family friends, Tita and Alberto Perez, and served children with learning disabilities. Without this little school-the Escuelita-these children would sit in the corner, not able to learn, and would advance each year, having passed no important benchmarks. Many would graduate without even being able to read.
Their needs were so simple-just basic school supplies. We sent two boxes filled with pencils, stickers, scissors, erasers, paper, maps and coloring books. Here is the response we received from Tita: "What an excitement it was to open the two boxes you sent us!!! You really have no idea how thankful we are, in the name of all the kids, for such gesture. We really don't realize how lucky we are to have beautiful schools with lots of wonderful material that helps us enhance our knowledge. The three classrooms were built inside that gym you see, among the shacks. It was an abandoned gymnasium and the government gave it to us, so we fixed it and painted it, and tried to do an ideal world among the horrible environment. Thank you also for the beautiful messages you sent. Big hug from all of us in the Escuelita."
How wonderful to be able to help these children in another part of the world with something as simple as pencils.
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