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UPDATE (Aug. 05):
Special report from S/V Carina
It’s hard to live without a cause. Something to believe
in, something to fight for! A chance to reach out…a chance
to go the distance to make a difference. Today’s report comes
to you from above water a distance away in the heart of El Salvador. |
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Central America’s smallest country, El Salvador is a beautiful
nation trying hard to regain economic footing lost after a history
of difficult times. Natural disasters and civil strife have tested
the heartiest of hearts through the years. But you would never know
it from meeting the locals. I guess the same can be said the world
over. Salvadorans, like Nicaraguans are some of the most gracious,
friendliest people I have come to know. Simply good people doing
what they can with the little they have to provide for their families
and live contently. The human spirit lives on.
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ESCUELA De ISLA CORDONCILLO |
On an island called Isla Cordoncillo, in the middle
of Estero Jaltepecque, there sits a small 2 room school house named
Escuela De Isla Cordoncillo. The school came to the attention of
World Kids and the Bahia Del Sol cruising fleet after Hurricane
Adrian passed over. About 100 families live on the island. Most
are fisherman. Escuela De Isla Cordoncillo is very humble to say
the least. 75 children attend the two room school house. 29 children
are of preschool age. The remainder of the students huddle together
crowded in the 20 x 20 class. |
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There is no electricity and no running water. Drinking water must
be rowed across the estuary by cayuco. The Bahia Del Sol cruising
fleet has come together to make repairs and improvements to the
school. $873. has been raised thus far, headed up by S/V
Carina. The target is to raise a minimum of $2000. The funds
will be used to build a separate structure for the pre-schoolers,
with metal beams, leak proof roof and cement flooring. Funds will
also be used for school books, activities, teachers supplies and
a water cistern, not to mention latrines and a 12 volt electrical
system.
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The school needs all the help they can get. Anything you can do
to chip in would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Philip or
Leslie on S/V Carina at:
WCD5553@sailmail.com
or you can email me, Capt Eric at eblackb@worldkidsvoyage.org
Good Spirits to you!
Capt Eric “Chickadee” B
S/V Chickadee
Estero Jaltepecque, El Salvador
Latitude: 13’ 18.03 N
Longitude: 88’53.54W
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