Some of the new students and teachers
Well last Monday Alfredo opened 'Discovery High School' (that really is the name, and in English as well - and it's a primary school!) in Ventanilla, what he hopes will be his first of many schools in very poor shanty town areas. I went along to meet the 7 kids who had turned up as students on the first day (many can't afford the 40 soles or 8 pounds monthly cost to attend, and others thought it wouldn't open with just a few kids, so stayed away)!!!
Alfredo was only charging, as he needs to find a way to pay his teachers each month, but he believes that God will provide the money through other ways, and he will ask parents to pay what they can afford. If you would like to help, please let us know.
The view from outside the outer wallOn the Thursday night before opening on the Monday Alfredo spoke to me by phone, and he said he had no desks, no teachers, and had just had a horrible mosquito invasion. Well God answered all this in 72 hours. By Friday night Alfredo had 5 teachers, saturday he recieved 30 desks, each for 10 soles rather than the normal 45 soles, and on Sunday had the whole sight fumigated for half the price of fumigating a small house. How good is God? In addition it has been amazing how much work has been done in 4 weeks, since my last visit. When I was last there the roof wasn't on. On opening day, the roof was in, furniture was in, toilets had been built, an outer wall built, and the boundary area sorted.
It was a real priviledge to see the school open after only 4 months from vision to opening the school. They still need lots of things to improve the school, but little by little. It is also amazing to see Alfredo's faith growing daily as this massive project, which was impossible in some many ways, has been started, and opened, and will only continue to help the local community.
The oldest children finishing class
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