The Municipality of Tola has an estimated population of 23,008 and is located on Nicaragua’s western coast. 20% of the population is illiterate and only 13.1% of students finish high school. Regular school attendance for primary and secondary school is just over 46%. With 70% of the population under the age of 30, the majority of the community is comprised by children and young parents.
The Centro Escolar Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is a primary school for children ages 3-12 in Tola. There are over 500 students and 21 teachers who are split between separate morning and afternoon sessions. Since there are two class sessions, students are in the classroom for a maximum of four hours each day. After classes, there are few places where the younger students can do their homework and spend their free time. There is a park in the center of town, but it is mostly for the older high school students.
After a meeting with the director of the school, we decided that the creation of a recreation center would be the best way to offer additional support and resources to the students, parents, and teachers. We held a meeting with all of the school teachers decided that a recreation center would be the most sustainable and effective way to increase the sense of community between the students, teachers, and parents. The recreation center will also function as an important resource for the teachers, who will have access to all of the materials within the recreation center. The center will provide students with a fun and interactive place where they can do homework and play with purpose outside their homes.
The recreation center will be built through collaboration between students, parents, teachers, the school’s administration, and support from FSD. The school is providing the physical space for the center and the land for the garden.
Donations to support this project will be used to cover the expenses of the materials needed to build the recreation center. All future maintenance will be funded through the selling of the produce from the “huerto escolar,” a school garden that will be included in the recreation center work plans.
The Centro Escolar Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is a primary school for children ages 3-12 in Tola. There are over 500 students and 21 teachers who are split between separate morning and afternoon sessions. Since there are two class sessions, students are in the classroom for a maximum of four hours each day. After classes, there are few places where the younger students can do their homework and spend their free time. There is a park in the center of town, but it is mostly for the older high school students.
After a meeting with the director of the school, we decided that the creation of a recreation center would be the best way to offer additional support and resources to the students, parents, and teachers. We held a meeting with all of the school teachers decided that a recreation center would be the most sustainable and effective way to increase the sense of community between the students, teachers, and parents. The recreation center will also function as an important resource for the teachers, who will have access to all of the materials within the recreation center. The center will provide students with a fun and interactive place where they can do homework and play with purpose outside their homes.
The recreation center will be built through collaboration between students, parents, teachers, the school’s administration, and support from FSD. The school is providing the physical space for the center and the land for the garden.
Donations to support this project will be used to cover the expenses of the materials needed to build the recreation center. All future maintenance will be funded through the selling of the produce from the “huerto escolar,” a school garden that will be included in the recreation center work plans.
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