Monday, June 16, 2008

Donate!! We need your $$$$$

To those who would like to donate to my cause... for those damn cute Nica kids.. I now have a pay pal account & you can send me money that I will directly send to Nicaragua. Right now the money will go towards finishing our "toilet project" and then after that we will be raising money to resupply our kids in the school Jose De La Cruz Mena. We will need about 4000 for that resupply project.

What you need to do is sign up for a free pay pal account https://www.paypal.com and after that is done send whatever amount you feel compelled to send to my email address which is yourfriendkathryn@gmail.com
I know that I am not an NGO as of yet but you can be assured that the money goes straight to the source and that I don't take a dime of your hard earned cash. It is possible that this project will turn into an organization but as of now we are simply a project. PS no amount is too small.... 6.00 can resupply one child with the proper school supplies.

Kathryn

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Updated OUR STORY description


Our Story
Si Quieres, Pueden Reir (If you want, they can laugh) is a project afiliated with a larger and well established organization called Casa Xalteva. Casa Xalteva is a non profit spanish school and educational center in the heart of Granada, Nicaragua which raises funds to help care for children that come from harsh economic conditions. "Si Quieres, Pueden Reir" is a project inspired by the philosophy of Casa Xalteva which is to help others that are in need without religious or personal biases. http://www.casaxalteva.com

Our project was founded by three people from Casa Xalteva. Our project consists of one former student from Canada (Kathryn Moncur) and two local Nicaraguans who are important staff members at Casa Xalteva (Jose Andres Martinez Barahona and Juan Carlos Roblero.) Through generous foreign donations and money raising projects, we will continue to help the school "Jose De La Cruz Mena" in El Pantanal (Granada, Nicaragua.) Our main goal is to be able to supply each student of this school with a package of school supplies twice yearly. This is to ensure that the children have the proper supplies for optimal learning.

We also discuss and create other projects within the school in order to improve the conditions for not only the students but the teachers who are working in the environment. We would like to continue to support this school within El Pantanal in order to encourage and motivate the children to stay in school.

As my friend Juan Carlos says… “It is all worth it when you see them laugh”

Toilets are almost done!!


I am writing you from Canada ( I returned a week ago) to let you know that our 4 flush toilets that we are putting into the school are almost finished. We have also repaired the other two toilets that already existed. Therefore within weeks the children will be priveleged to use 5 flush toilets (instead of one) and the teacher's will continue to have their own personal toilet. I have received word from Nicaragua that we are lacking a little bit of money for the roofs and doors for the toilets. Therefore it is my hope that I can raise more money so that we can complete this project very soon.

As soon as I have updated pictures of the toilets, I will be posting them for your viewing purposes.

I want to thank Oliver Hartman once again for heading this project and making sure it went so well. Our team that we hired for this project worked hard in the rain and hot sun without the tools that we are spoiled with in Canada and the USA ( like tractors ect.) Everything was done by shovels and picks!! These guys are seriously strong and amazing workers. We are also lucky to have been given the gift of a discount because this project was to help a local school. We are very grateful for that.

Please let me know if you would be willing to donate to finishing this project. We have now discovered a way to send money to Nicaragua that doesn't cost money.

email me puedenreir@gmail.com