Phase II of the great construction project is now complete, and the new and first high school for San Andres is nearly finished. In April, we hosted another group from  Builders Beyond Borders, who sent 33 very motivated young workers and 5 very motivated adults to do an insane amount of work in 6 days.  At they end of their week, they managed to pour concrete in 7 classrooms, pour concrete in the corridor for the school, plaster all the rooms and outside of the building, finish the roof, and paint the school.  As of now, all the windows and doors are installed, and we expect 2 weeks to finish the bathroom and septic tank.  The school will hold a celebration for the new school on Mother's Day May 10th, and classes will begin in the new establishment on May 12th.

Other volunteers that helped out in April include the great Glen, Brie, Molly, Alex, Sally, Jeff and Jen.  In May, we eagerly await the return of our historic volunteer Davey and wife ex-volunteer Summer who will be visiting us for a week and are bring some interesting donations to the new community library.  Davey spent 10 months with us back in 2004.  We also welcome back another group from the University of Illinois this May, as well as a group of volunteers from the University of Guelph. Also...we are expecting an amazing donation from volunteer David Connell...a container filled with carpentry machinery. 

So here's a brief list of ideas for 2008 projects: build a high school, build a preschool for San Andres,  fix up another 200 desks for schools, keep the ecological park looking beautiful, teaching in schools, library projects (around 300 users on a daily basis), create a professional workshop in the park for municipal use, continue to reforest areas in the ecological park, start planning for a Cultural Program and Facility for San Andres.

DONATIONS...a great way to start off 2008. As our project is getting more and more intense every year, so are our costs.  Please try in anyway possible to help us out this year.  WE DESPERATELY need funds to help us run our library programs and maintain the ecological park.  And we are also looking for funds to help us establish a proper workshop for the community and construct a cultural center for San Andres.

For all past volunteers, please check out and join our FACEBOOK page.  I will be using this link to help connect potential volunteers with past volunteers.

Here is a list of the projects that we are currently working on: