CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT — SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION CEN…

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San Antonio Education Center Classroom Equipment Project

Provides furniture, supplies, and textbooks to complete a classroom for 25 students
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an Antonio Education Center Classroom Equipment Project

Provides furniture, supplies, and textbooks to complete a classroom for 25 students
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San Antonio Education Center Classroom Equipment Project

Children walk home from school in Subtanjalla District, Ica, Peru

Project Summary

Since 2007, the Peruvian district of Subtanjalla has struggled to recover from a major earthquake that devastated its population and resources. As a shantytown, the majority of Subtanjalla’s buildings before the earthquake were constructed of adobe and temporary materials and were utterly destroyed by the disaster. Efforts to rebuild the district have proven slow and left Subtanjalla’s residents homeless without access to the resources to meet their basic needs. These conditions have been particularly detrimental to the district’s children who have largely been unable to attend school since the earthquake.

To assist Subtanjalla’s recovery, this project will fully equip one classroom in Coprodeli’s San Antonio Education Center. The center was originally opened in 2009 and currently has 300 students attending pre-kindergarten through third grade. All classes continue to meet in temporary classrooms with provisional furniture.

By fully equipping one classroom, this will ensure that 25 primary level students will be able to return to school, many for the first time since the earthquake. The project will specifically equip an empty classroom with new tables, chairs, bookshelves, whiteboards, teaching materials and basic Peruvian textbook sets. Become the Citizen Philanthropist for this project and ensure 25 children have access to the learning environment that will improve their educations and futures.

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In 2007, the impoverished district of Subtanjalla was devastated by an earthquake that leveled 77% of its homes and left 20,260 residents without access to any basic infrastructure. Since, slow reconstruction efforts have compounded the level of extreme poverty facing all of Subtanjalla’s families. Currently, 72% of Subtanjalla’s residents live in poverty without proper sanitation facilities, water sources, schools, or health care clinics. Despite these conditions, Subtanjalla has continued to grow in recent years with the arrival of migrants seeking employment.

Only 14% of the schools in Ica Province, the region in which Subtanjalla is located, have been rebuilt since the earthquake. As a result, more than 220,000 children in Ica Province have been unable to return to school and have been left vulnerable in the streets of shantytowns. Those few who have returned are primarily attending half-day shifts at one of the few available schools.

In early 2007, Coprodeli expanded its efforts to combat poverty to Subtanjalla. Since the earthquake, Coprodeli has worked to develop an urban center in Subtanjalla called San Antonio. Once constructed, this area will be comprised of 1000 homes equipped with running water and plumbing and electricity. San Antonio’s urban center will also include a medical center, a functioning well, and an industrial ark to serve local businesses. In addition, a school is being built for San Antonio that when finished, will serve 650 students.

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History of San Antonio Education Center

Subtanjalla is an urban marginalized community on the outskirts of Ica City, Peru, in an arid, desert region. Ica City has an estimated population of 152,300 inhabitants, and the district of Subtanjalla has approximately 20,260 residents.

More than 77% of homes in Ica Province were damaged beyond use by the 2007 earthquake, leaving more than 80,000 families homeless. Many homes destroyed in Subtanjalla were built using adobe bricks and other provisional materials, leaving little salvageable for reconstruction. However, the district has continued to grow in recent years with the influx of migrant workers seeking employment in the agricultural sector. Local municipal services do not have the capacity to provide basic services and public works to this growing population.

Subtanjalla was the site of Coprodeli’s expansion to the southern Peru in early 2007. With a mature model of comprehensive social development, Coprodeli has begun work to address poverty and social exclusion before they become entrenched in Subtanjalla. In the San Antonio urban center, 1000 homes will be built, equipped with running water, plumbing, and electricity. A school is being built that will serve 650 students, and a medical center will provide basic primary health care to 30,000 people each year. Subtanjalla is also the site of a well that has the capacity to provide water to its residents and surrounding district municipalities. A microbusiness industrial park is also being constructed to support local entrepreneurs participating in reconstruction efforts to develop to become viable businesses in the local economy.

Average household income

Community Population: 20,260

Climate

Subtanjalla is located in an arid, subtropical desert region, with temperatures ranging in the extreme from 9.8-38C (48-100F.) The area is marked by high winds, and extremely scarce water resources, and is surrounded by enormous sand dunes.

Challenges facing San Antonio Education Center

In Subtanjalla, 72% of the population is impoverished. The district lacks water sources, sanitation facilities, electricity and paved road networks, but continues to be a destination for migrants from other areas of Peru. The district's population is projected to reach 130,000 people by 2020, and without significant efforts made to provide basic services and infrastructure, poverty levels will increase exponentially. Since the earthquake, reconstruction approaches have included urban planning and land habilitation for basic utilities (water, sanitation, electricity) in some areas, but not throughout the majority of the district.

Main Occupations

Most community members are agricultural workers, traveling to work on large commercial farms outside of Ica. The current unemployment rate is 19%, and 72% of the population in Subtanjalla live below the poverty line. The majority of families (with an average of 5 members) earn betweens $55-$60/month.

Families living below poverty line

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Ensures 25 students have access to a fully-equipped learning environment
• Encourages one class of students to dedicate their efforts to schoolwork and its future rewards
• Gives one teacher access to a classroom where he can take advantage of proper materials to focus on providing quality instruction
• Employs local workers to assemble and install new classroom equipment

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Gives 100 family members of the 25 San Antonio students the security of knowing their children are secure during school hours
• Allows the parents of the class’s students to focus on their agricultural work rather than worrying about their children’s safety
• Improves the income earning potential of 25 families whose children will have more career options having received a quality education
• Engages the families of the 25 students by involving them in a new community and immersing them in a setting where their children's education is highly valued

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Stacy W.

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About Me: Currently unemployed and searching for work. Taking a class at a local college in NYC. Volunteer, Team Leader, Site Captain of New York Cares citywide service days. Former faculty advisor for FIRST Robotics. Judge of NYC First Technical Challenege Competition. I like designing and organizing service projects.