We’ve got a Good Start….

….toward our goal of helping the schools in Payesa and Tùcume Viejo. Today we purchased abacuses, tangrams, and the cooking equipment asked for in Tùcume Viejo. Those 50 liter pots are big! They brought back unpleasant memories of my basic training days in Uncle Sam’s army getting up at 3:30am for a fun-filled day of ‘kitchen police’.

Tomorrow we hope to purchase most of the remaining items. The cost for everything originally asked for totaled over $2100. We didn’t feel we had a realistic chance to accomplish that so we pared the list down to something we feel is doable. For the primary school in Payesa our goal is:

1 whiteboard - $80

2 storage shelves – $65

2 volleyballs – $7

2 soccer balls - $7

6 abacuses - $19

6 tangrams - $9

Total - $187

For the kinder in Payesa we hope to provide:

1 whiteboard - $80

2 storage shelves – $65

5 tables - $270

31 plastic chairs - $125

Total - $540

And for the primary and secondary schools in Tùcume Viejo our target is:

3 pots - $87

1 pan - $31

4 skimmers - $15

3 whiteboards - $240

3 volleyballs – $11

3 soccer balls - $11

6 abacuses - $19

6 tangrams - $9

Total - $423

The items on this list will go a long way toward properly equipping these schools. We haven’t ordered the whiteboards yet because we’re $300 short of the $1150 total. Please help us to help these schools. Visit the Promesa Peru webpage to donate. Any amount no matter how modest will help. $4 will buy a soccer or volley ball. $3 will put an abacus in a classroom. It would mean a lot to the schools and kids.