Project Schoolhouse

Improving Nicaraguan lives by building new, community water systems, and improving sanitation.

Archives for August 2023

Greetings from Executive Director

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Dear friends,

We wanted to let you know about important milestones we’ve reached and update you on current projects.

We’ve successfully navigated the new government requirements to continue to operate in Nicaragua. I am grateful to our team in Rio Blanco for their persistence in working through those challenges over the past months. We’re happy to be working. The current school project in Bilampi is going faster than planned, with high levels of community engagement.

We are excited to be planning ‘Cien Amigos 2023’ in a new venue for us, The Austin Winery! It is our only fundraiser of the year, and we hope you will join the fun! More details here.

We wanted to share this video of our After-School and Programs Coordinators, Cristian and Norma. As they mention, we plan to build two new schools this year in the communities of Bilampi and Rosario Las Vegas. The two schools will complete our work in those communities where we finished fully distributed water systems in 2022. I get a little teary when I hear from them how much these projects mean. I hope you enjoy meeting them. They are an inspiration to the young girls who study in schools we’ve helped build.

With gratitude,

Selina Serna 
Executive Director

After-School Program – Project Update

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Our after-school club in the community of El Aulo has been running successfully, with students of all grade levels participating in different activities. Pictured here are the 5th-grade students practicing their computer skills and receiving much-needed homework help from our dedicated teacher volunteers. We hope to expand this program to two more communities later this year.

Project Update – Bilampi School 2023

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In 2022, we partnered with the community of Bilampi to build a fully distributed water system that brought water to every home. Children and their families no longer need to walk for water at home or at a school. This year we plan to finish building a new school for this community. Community members are eager and excited to finish the schoolhouse they have been dreaming of for years. We would like thank The Kathryn B. McQuade Foundation for their support in building this school. We’ve also just learned that, thanks to the new facilities, 3 new grades will be added to the curriculum, so that children in the community can now study through the 3rd year of secondary school. This expanded opportunity is huge, particularly for young girls whose parents thought it unsafe to send them to the neighboring community to continue their studies.