La Carpio High School

Thanks to all of you, we have been able to raise $1,000 for textbooks and school supplies for the new school in La Carpio!

Please watch this video to hear school teachers in La Carpio talk about how important this project is, and read below to see how your donation will help.

Please Note: The videos that appear below AT THE END of this video are unrelated to our project.

Education for the over 20,000 impoverished residents of La Carpio, Costa Rica currently ends after middle school, and the over 300 students who graduate from La Carpio's only school each year are forced to halt their studies. While a small percentage of students are able to afford transportation to high schools outside of the community, most cannot, and therefore never get the opportunity to study again.

Thanks to Carlos Sandoval Garcia and Karen Masis of the University of Costa Rica, this is about to change! Carlos, Karen and their team have been working tirelessly over the past year to open La Carpio's first high school, allowing a new generation of youth to continue their studies and giving them hope for a better future. The school is scheduled to welcome its first class of 120 students in February 2008.

But- WE NEED YOUR HELP! We have pledged to donate $1000 to the first class of students so that they can have textbooks and school supplies. If you are moved to donate to our cause in this season of giving, please click "ChipIn!" above

OR

Send checks made out to our fiscal sponsor, "WAKAN," with "La Carpio" as the memo, to:

Red Scissors Alliance
18 Bayview Ave
Mill Valley, CA 94941

For every $25 you donate, you will provide 1 child with:
-a textbook
-a dictionary
-a notebook
-a box of pencils

Your donation is fully tax-deductible. Your payment will be processed by our fiscal sponsor, Wakan, a 501(c)(3) foundation based in Corte Madera, CA.

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