The Forgotten Children of the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes

Whilst I was in Ometepe, we gathered evidence of the many needs of the schools and formed them into a yearplan thinking of the best time tom offer support and the priorities across the schools. Since my return we have funded three further projects. The first was the repairs to the roof in the secondary school.  One of the classrooms had a rusted roof which let in the rain and with the approaching raining season it was clearly going to make for very uncomfortable learning and teaching.  With the help of Marvin and Pedro Antonio we purchased materials and the repair was made. There was a repair to a retaining wall needed in the primary school, again to prevent the foundations being washed away by the heavy rains.  We found ourselves able to support this task too. More recently we have supported the construction of a retaining wall to prevent the mud being washed downhill onto the children's play area. Meanwhile the school used some of its monthly a