As in most other countries, Guatemala has declared a state of emergency and closed schools, some businesses, their national borders, and asked residents to self-quarantine to prevent the spread of the virus.
Amigos receives $1,400 grant for Computer Learning Center
Funding initiative for middle school recreation area a great success!
Amigos raised funds to help local volunteers and contractors in the summer of 2019 pour concrete over the playing field (la cancha) and add soccer and basketball goals and painted lines. Outdoor activities are now held without concern for rain or other adverse conditions and provide students more opportunities for physical and cultural education. Amigos is pleased and proud to be a partner in this new addition to the middle school.
Enhancing the computer lab at middle school
Amigos recognizes students for community service
End-of-the-year academic award ceremonies recognized several of our scholarship students. While the schools recognized our students for their achievements in the classroom, Amigos recognized these same students for their community service work in the village. All our scholarship students participated in the renewal of the central “triangle” park in Chocolá that included a full cleanup, construction of flood walls and park benches and reshaping of the trees and shrubs that adorn the area.
In 2018 our students took on the major task of cleaning “mound one,” a significant Mayan archaeological site in the center of Chocolá dating back some 2,500 years. A pedestrian crossroads for local residents, this area is often littered with trash and other debris. Amigos students have spent many hours cleaning and maintaining this important historical site. Residents can now be proud of a public space free of litter and other debris, thanks to the hard work of their students.
Previous improvements to IMEBCE
In 2015, partnering with the organization Miracles in Action, Amigos was able to help improve conditions at the middle school (basico) in Chocolá. Funds were raised to purchase materials for the building of two new classrooms. Your generous donations also allowed Amigos to completely furnish the new classrooms with student and teacher desks, white boards and new cabinets that will house a library for the school. The new addition, completed in early March 2015, was built by volunteers from the village in only six weeks. The people of Chocolá join us in thanking you for your contributions to this important project.
Amigos scholarship students with volunteers
Volunteers are greeted warmly with ceremony and native dance