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New school opens in Zihuatanejo

Today in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, Marina Sanchez Hernandez, a tireless advocate for the education of needy and deserving people – including local indigenous children and adults – opened a new free / by voluntary contribution,  school to continue her mission: bringing education to all and teaching literacy in local indigenous languages such as Nahuatl.

 

She remodeled two rooms in her house to do this on a shoestring budget. Let’s finish and support the project with a much-needed air conditioner (temps get as high as 100 degrees in ZIH) and the luxury of a computer so she can make and print her own lesson plans. Other items needed are notebooks, pencils, and teacher and student supplies. Our next goal is $1,000 USD and I have started with a personal pledge of $200. Pledge via email (lisa@lisabmartin.com) and I will follow up with you.

 

KALMEKAK means “school” in Nahuat

Education empowers girls, women, men, and future change-makers (and Michelle Obama is releasing a documentary on this very subject tonight!).

 

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The Grand Inauguration was held Wednesday October 12, 2016 – 3 pm, with a
ribbon cutting, live local band, native Mexican food. Many members of the local and indigenous community came out to celebrate the opening of this important center for language learning!
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 Pledge to help change lives through access to education14712764_10154630023137188_8321616317323017183_o

 Photos by Bernardo Benjamin Sanchez.