This week I visited the mountain village of Gotas de Sangre, yes the village that you have read about for months. I was really glad to see the new bathrooms for grades 1 through 9 across the street two more restrooms for kinder students. The community is so very pleased with World Vision who supplied the materials for the 9 restrooms for the regular classes and they are most happy for there support and that of the Church of the Incarnation of Dallas (COTI) are giving to the kinder. We have helped provide paint for them both. Now with grades 1 thought 9, this school is over reaching its capacity with almost 300 students in daily attendance.
This week, I had the opportunity to visit the mountain village of Gotas de Sangre, the same village that you have been reading about for months. I was delighted to see the newly constructed bathrooms for grades 1 through 9, and located just across the street are two additional restrooms for the kinder students. The community is incredibly grateful to World Vision for providing the materials for the 9 restrooms for the regular classes, and they are also thankful for the support from the Church of the Incarnation of Dallas (COTI) in providing for the kinder students. We have been able to contribute by supplying paint for both projects. However, with the increasing number of students, reaching almost 300 in daily attendance, the school is now exceeding its capacity for grades 1 to 9. They now need two additional classrooms.
Now we come to a challenge. The school now needs two additional classrooms plus two teachers accredited to teach mid school and high school classes. Classes started last month but where are the teachers? Im about to tell you.
In Honduras, school building, maintained, and teachers are supplied by the government, in this case the municipality of Sta. Rita. A private organization helped build a classroom last year, but not the municipality. Two more classrooms are needed to meet demand. Three new teachers were needed this year for grades 7thy, 8th, and 9th. The municipality provided only one. (1) teachers. Why did this happen and why is the municipality not providing the necessary facilities and teachers? This is a case where politics takes precedence over student needs. I have been told by credible sources that the reason why Sta. Rita has not provided these necessities is stricky vindictiveness. The community, Gotas de Sangre, voted for the current mayor’s opponent in last year’s election. I don’t know the reasons for the vote, but I do know that by denying help to this community, the current mayor is putting his own welfare ahead of the future of these students. This is a relevant and cogent example of vindictiveness and its affect on the future of a community and its children.
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