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18 July 2010
On 28th January 2010 the first tree was cut down to make way for EFTC's new school!!
In 2008 we started a fund raising campaign which would allow us to build our own school. After much searching, we found a piece of land in a plot called La Azotea and were able to buy it at a reduced rate. We are very thankful to the owners of La Azotea, Ricardo Pokorny and Katie Cunningham, for making this possible and their continued support.
Since then we have received generous donations from The Premier League, Colin and Marie Goodall, St James's Place Foundation, The Allan and Nesta Foundation Charitable Trust, Opengate Charitable Trust, Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation and WEP.
We still have a little way to go before we reach the full amount required to complete the build but we are optimistic that we will be able to attract the funds in time so that the school will open in January 2011, in time for the new school year.
La Azotea is situated in Jocotenango not far from our existing premises and is also home to a coffee plantation, museum and horse riding school. The new site will be able to cater for up to 500 students and will replace our current Primary and Secondary schools in San Felipe and Jocotenango, which we have been renting since 2008.
Our own building will decrease our costs and increase our stability as well as having hugely improved purpose built facilities to meet all of the requirements of our project.
Many of the construction workers have children who are enrolled in our school and we are proud to be able to help them play a part in building a future for their children.
Below are some photos are various times throughout the building phase - click to enlarge them.
