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NEWSLETTER
New Busses for School Kids
There are two very dedicated teachers
in Baja - Martin Mendez at the handicapped children's school at Todos Santos and
Antonio Perez in a one room schoolhouse for farm kids 15 miles south of Todos
Santos. Martin (with the help of some volunteer ex-pats) drove his car each day
to pick up handicapped kids and bring them to the Special Education school where
they receive an education to help them become self-sufficient. Antonio, at his
own expense and with his rather old pick up truck, drove out each day to the farms
to pick up the children of farm laborers who otherwise have no way to get to school.
Antonio's route carried him over rough dirt roads and the bed of his truck carried
as many as fifteen kids. Last year, two kids fell out of the truck and broke some
bones. Neither Martin nor Antonio earns much money as teachers but they happily
spent their money on gas and maintenance of their vehicles, not to mention school,
books and supplies for their kids.
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With the help of a very
generous anonymous donor Wilderness Conservancy was, through its "Project
CARE," able to purchase two new school busses with heavy duty suspensions
and cooling systems, and air-conditioning, one for use by Martin and the other
for Antonio, and put them into service in January 2002. In addition, all operating
expenses are being furnished. Other donors are helping buy Spanish language school
books and supplies for the kids and Wilderness Conservancy carries the books and
other supplies in its Cessna 206. It would have carried the two busses in it aircraft
but they were a bit too big and heavy | |
A new school bus
for the kids at Simon Bolivar
two room schoolhouse near Todos Santos
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310 472-2593
