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Note on School Sponsorship Project
We sent out certificates, newsletters and photos to all of our “sponsors” and contributors for this project. We are working on our mid-year packs that will be handed out in June and also looking for more classroom resources that can be included in the mid-year distribution. The ministry will be again using the sales from coffee and typical items to support this important outreach, along with the sponsorships and special offerings that are designated to assist in this area.
School Sponsorship Update:
This year has been very successful for our “School Sponsorship Program”. We have covered 19 schools that includes almost 1400 students. Going to these rural areas and many times having to carry in the school supplies on foot makes you appreciate how much this outreach is truly impacting these children. There are limitless forms of reaching out in the area of education but we have done all that we can for this year. We are investing almost $9000 into this program. We hope to continue to find people who want to make a difference in the area of education for these precious children who deserve the opportunity to learn, grow and have hope for a better tomorrow! Our next distribution will be done mid-year which will be June for the school system here. Our sincere thanks to those of you who bought coffee or typical items which provided almost $5000 toward this project and to those who directly sponsored this outreach by your collections and financial gifts. Together, we really did make a difference!
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Schools Benefited in 2008 NOTE: C-schools in Camotan area J-schools in Jocotan area |
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Date |
Village |
Kindergarten - First |
Second - Sixth |
Number of Teachers |
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01-25-08 |
Agua Zarca – J |
7 |
9 |
1 |
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01-28-08 |
Oquen – J |
78 |
68 |
6 |
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01-30-08 |
Cajón del Río – C |
68 |
68 |
6 |
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02-04-08 |
Caserío La Sierra, El Volcán - C |
15 |
16 |
1 |
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02-05-08 |
Caserío Tierra Blanca, Tisipe - C |
47 |
30 |
3 |
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02-05-08 |
Caserío Caparrosa, Guior – C |
24 |
65 |
2 |
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02-08-08 |
Tular – C |
41 |
64 |
3 |
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02-08-08 |
Caserío El Cementerio, El Rodeo -C |
65 |
71 |
4 |
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02-09-08 |
Caserío La Cruz, Cajón del Río -C |
19 |
32 |
1 |
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02-15-08 |
Marimba –C |
18 |
46 |
2 |
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02-18-08 |
Marimba Centro –C |
35 |
30 |
2 |
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02-19-08 |
Rodeíto –J |
15 |
25 |
1 |
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02-18-08 |
Caserío El Palmar, Matazano -J |
48 |
72 |
4 |
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02-23-08 |
Tatutú –J |
30 |
37 |
1 |
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02-28-08 |
Caserio Pinalito, Aldea Tierra Blanca -J |
9 |
20 |
1 |
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02-25-08 |
Caserio Los Hernandez, Aldea Tontoles -C |
18 |
36 |
1 |
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02-27-08 |
Caserio La Rebalsa, Aldea Shupá -C |
29 |
62 |
2 |
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02-27-08 |
Caseri Los Nacimientos, Aldea La Lima -C |
17 |
31 |
2 |
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Total |
583 |
782 |
43 |
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TOTAL OF STUDENTS - 1365 |
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“David’s Data” Camotan Nursery The student helpers, Santos and Amabillia along with myself went to the river to haul fine sand to mix with dirt and cow manure. Don Justo, Jr. brought four bags of cow manure to us. The nursery already had about eight wheelbarrows of dirt. We mixed the dirt, sand, and cow manure together in order to have a fine mixture of good soil to put into the bags for the nursery.
The second step was to fill the bags which are four inches by 8 inches. The student helpers and I filled 600 bags with dirt. After four days of work, the job was complete.
For the third step I placed a Ramon seed in each of the 600 bags filled with soil. These seedlings when ready will be transported to four schools to be handed out to the families. This tree will be a great asset to families especially during times of drought in the future. The seeds are used to make anything you can make out of corn. Corn is a main staple of the people of Guatemala, especially for making their tortillas. We will be anxiously waiting to see the results of this long term project.
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On March 4th, Don Julio, a man from the village of Ticanlu came to teach us how to graft various kinds of citrus trees to a parent plant. Santo, Amabillia, Marco, and I learned how to successfully graft another class of citrus tree. We grafted 213 citrus parent plants with mandarin, lime, and grapefruit limbs. Now we are watering and waiting until the middle to the end of April to view the grafting of limbs that are growing.
Moringa Limb Project Santo, Amabillia, Bill Hancock and I went to visit Robert Rose in San Jacinto and El Tule which is just outside Chiquimula. The reason for our visit was to ask for Moringa limbs. The ministry is in need for the limbs to give to families connected to the NUFED schools. Our visit was a tremendous success in both locations. As a result of the visit, we acquired approximately 100 pieces three feet long from each place. Counting the Camotan Nursery, we have 300 pieces total to give away to the families from four schools. This is only to start the project. In six months, when the trees regrow their limbs, we can help 8-12 more schools to begin the same project.
These limbs are planted around the parameter of a person’s property. It serves as a fence line but serves other even more crucial areas. Firewood is very hard to come by and these trees are extremely fast growing and the wood is very good to use for firewood. The leaves are also edible and full of vitamins and can be used in a raw or cooked state. We have a lot of schools that are very interested in commencing this project this year. Eventually it will provide the family with their complete need of firewood, without even leaving their own property. Now many times people spend the majority of the day just looking for enough firewood and water to get through another day.
TABLE FOR NOVEMBER 2007
Column A – Types of trees grown. Column B – Amount of trees distributed from fall 2001 Column C – Distribution of trees for the month of November 2007. Column D – Displays the total amount of trees distributed since the beginning of the reforestation project. |
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For further information on how you can assist in these community projects contact either:
Tamie Barber at
servantministries1@yahoo.com or Nancy Sheldon at
nsheldon1@gmail.com |