Chonimacorral is the name of one of the communities that I work in and in the past year they had a swiss organization come and fund their new school. The students were very happy to move out of the old adobe house that they had been in that had no light or power and had only dirt floors. Since then, the community has remained very engaged in projects and other development efforts and this year paired up with a local NGO, CDRO which has been providing the school with environmental education and as of very recently, funds to build their own school garden. The teachers and students were very excited about the prospect of building a garden and the director approached me with their ideas and wondered what I thought they should do. The funds that had been given were to purchase cement, so I suggested that we start a project wherein we make eco-bricks (plastic bottles packed tight with plastic trash until they are as hard as a brick) to use in the walls so that the cement would go a lot farther and they could then have a bigger school garden. Ines, the director of the school, was excited about the idea and asked me to come and do a presentation for the students about the environmental benefits of the project as well as the proper way to stuff the bottles. It was a rewarding day and I can't wait to see how it all turns out.
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| This is the garden in our town that the school is hoping to model their garden after. |
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