Building Schools in Guatemala
The facilities of the old school.
Replacement was a high priority.
New restrooms attached to old school.
We hope they paint it aqua.
This scaffold wouldn’t get OSHA approval
Our Second Project 2008 – Mactzul 2 Sector 1
February 23 to March 1, 2008
Mactzul 2 sector 1 is a small mountain village northwest of Chichicastenango.
Although the classroom building plans were the same as last year’s,
the construction was not on the side of a hill, but in a field cut out
of a hillside. 
Old school as work begins on the new. This presented different challenges. The village had two classrooms
in an adobe building painted aqua blue.
Like most mountain schools,
they had an outhouse facility. We provided a new latrine including
what turned out to be the only three flush toilets in the village (and
as best as we could determine the only flush toilets within 25 miles).
Volunteers and children join in tug of Peace. This was experimental. Someone will have to teach the children to
use the flush feature. We will know next year whether it is worthwhile
doing again.
There was much contact with the students doing a map project, drawing cartoons, teaching them English phrases, flying kites, playing football and dodge ball
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