With this letter, the parents of children in Alto Katsi, Talamanca, Costa Rica are appealing for your valuable support explained below.
For the past three years our children have been receiving school lessons in our own community. Before this time, our children had to walk almost two kilometers down the mountain to the closest school in the nearby community of Katsi. The small building we were using for the school was in very poor repair and no longer safe for children. It was taken down early in 2009. As parents, we have been given the task of working to construct our community school since our children no longer have a formal structure to receive classes. They are currently receiving classes in the home of one of the community members
With the help of friends who came to visit our community and felt our need we have received materials as well as support from the Ministry of Employment who provided a subsidy for labor.
With this support we have achieved advancing the construction of the school 50%. The other 50% to complete construction is found in:
1. Lack of cut wood
2. Acabado de la misma como enderezado y machinerbrodo
3. Funds to cover the foreman´s salary
This structure has the following measurements à 18 X 7.50 square meters (m2) and consists of 2 classrooms measuring 6 X 9 m2 and a front corridor measuring 1.50 X 18 m2.
Also missing is the cafeteria which measures 14 X 8.40 m2 consists of kitchen, eating area and bathrooms. For this structure we already have 300 cement blocks, 30 barrilos and 20 bags of cement. This material was donated to us to make the set of bathrooms.
We wish to finish the school and through this card we are asking for your support and collaboration in our important objective, which is to complete the construction of the school, eating area, kitchen and bathrooms. In order to finish, we need:
1. Funds to pay the construction foreman, which will be 2 months at a value of C15,000 per day, for a total of C900,00.
2. 8,000 inches of wood which comes from trees donated by parents. Por lo ceiol there is a cutting fee, which is C150 per inch, for a total of C1,200,000. lo ceiol cubrirla el faltante de madera que tiene la escuela y el resto es para la construcción del comedor.
3. Arreglo de madera como enderezada y madrenbrodo de 8,000 pulgadas, con un costo de la pulgada para un total de C480,000.
4. Hardware materials and supplies totaling C892,464.
TOTAL BUDGET à C3,472,464.00