Biblioteca Frida Khalo has its official Grand Opening in May 2008
The inauguration of the BIBLIOTECA FRIDA KHALO was really nice. The library was presented to the people of CONTINUING EDUCATION and FOMENTO A LA LECTURA, with great enthusiasm of everybody: Teachers, students, educational institutions and parents. Laura Bush was there, and Paul Sanchez Navarro and Carlos Gomez from C.E.A. Mary Martinez in the behalf of Diane Mahan was with us as well.
Parque Xel-Ha supported with natural fruit drinks and fruit and cochinita tacos.
We all know it is a very noble project and with everybody´s help we will keep recieving donations to pay for the furniture, and many other things we want to do, to raise the quality of education, and life in general, in our comunitty. To meet our goal to prevent juvenile delinquency by increasing self-esteem in our young people.
The library BIBLIOTECA FRIDA KAHLO is now opened in the afternoon from 5 to 9pm making it a great service for the entire comunitty as well as the highschool students.
February, 2008
In 2004, the english and solid waste management program was introduced to the TELESECUNDARIA ¨JOSÉ VASCONCELOS¨.
We considered projects that helped with the student's identity of great importance, so, we sponsored a workshop on MAYAN CALENDAR AND NUMEROLOGY.
This workshop was a great success and fullfilled the objectives of having the teenagers feel confortable with their roots and traditions and proud of their origins, thus improving their selfesteem, which is so important at this age.
The kids also found it interesting and fun to know the vigesimal system of the Mayas, presented to them by Don. DAVID YAH BALAM from La Casa de la Cultura de Chetumal, and the introduction to The Mayan Calendar by Prof. Carlos Meade from YAXCHÉ, árbol de la Vida, A.C.
Undoubtely English, as a tool for better jobs, espeically for the kids who cannot continue to study after junior high ,was a must. An Enlish 15 week workshop with HARMON HALL ENGLISH SCHOOL was sponsored to address these needs. We had the enthusiastic support of Las Casitas Akumal, La Lunita and Vista del Mar of $2,500.00 pesos each for this project.
On February 2005, AKUMAL VILLAS made a donation of $5,000.00 pesos designated to fix the toilettes and buy a sound system the school was badly needing.
We are also very interested in supporting the environmental education of our teenagers, to assure that their generation recognizes and appreciates natural resources. We sponsored several workshops that addressed these issues. Now the students of the TSJV are very active trying to raise the consciousness in their community about natural resources, their conservancy and care.
On April 2005, GAIA, Una Nueva Visión, SC, gave $5,000.00 pesos for the environmental program and were used on notebooks, photocopies, utensils and material for this subject.
In 2006, among the activities to make learning English interesting and attractive, the students received letters from a group of Americans that would be coming to visit them in October brought by RIVIERA MAYA VACATIONS,
Our kids and visitors were shown the installations of the great gathering center in XCARET as well as the great composting piles where they process the organic waste from the park restaurants.
Due to this interchange between our kids and their visitors, we had an income for the program of $7,700.00 pesos, because the group had already given the money for XCARET´s entrance but the program obtained courtesies for them, so they agreed on donating the money they had already designated for the entrance to the park, to the school program. There was also another donation of $200.00 US. From Mrs. Janet Welch
The principal of the school, Prof. Paul Quiñones, suggested to purchase the INGLÉS SIN BARRERAS system because the teachers are not skilled to teach English; we bought it with the support of AKUMAL VILLAS donation of $13,000.00 pesos.
Some months ago, with professors Paul Quiñones and Alfonso Conrado of the department from telesecundarias supervision, agreed on using the structure of the old toilettes, which has a very convenient size, to turn it into a LIBRARY.
During the past summer the structure for the library was finished with a cost of $42,000.00 pesos gathered through two donations. VIA DELPHI and YAXCHÉ , Arbol de la Vida, A.C. The little building has a nice size for our purposes; there will be space for research, investigation, creation, reading and writing workshops, and more for the kids in the highschool.
We are now in the process of furnishing it. please find the document PRESUPUESTO with the furniture in detail and the cost. The total amount for the furniture is $62,445.27 pesos .
The librarian salary, $5,000.00 pesos a month working from Monday thru Friday, 8am to 2pm. Is already covered for 2008 by YAXCHÉ, Arbol de la Vida, A.C.
LAS CASITAS AKUMAL will provide regularly with cleaning and maintenance supplies.
It is with great joy, pride and enthusiasm that we are inviting you to participate in this transcendental project that will provide great benefits for the teenagers students, and their entire comminity .
Forms of donation
Sum in USD
One and only
$4,000 or more
Annual amount
$1,000 or more
Monthly amount
$100 or more
Donations will be used the following way:
One and only: Construction and expanding the space, making improvements or buying equipment. Actual needs are: $15,000 usd. for furniture and improving the area outside .
Annual amount: Aquiring special material and books and médium and major repairs are estimated in $7,000 usd. during the year aside of Lidieth Nahuat´ salaray which is taken care of this year of 2008.
Monthly amount: Upkeep maintenance, office supplies expenses as well as general expenses such as salaries. We estimate about $700 usd., will be needed monthly.
Thank you very much for your participation in this important and very necessary project thiat is so valuable to the well being of our comunitty, and an important way to invest in security as well as the quality of life for us and all those around us.
Through the successful programs of BIBLIOTECAS PÚBLICAS and CONACULTA help reach our goal of preventing teenager violence and delinquent actions.
C.E.A. Centro Ecológico Akumal
TRANSFORMAR EDUCANDO, A.C.
Yaxché, Arbol de la Vida, A.C.
CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO DE AKUMAL
Delegación Municipal AKUMAL
Leticia Córdova Lira
Responsible for the Program
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