Book fair to help fund raising

Last week our friend Carolina Loddo organised the annual book fair at Eumetsat to raise funds for our 2013 project. The event raised over EUR 1,200! Thank you, Eumetsat folks! We will use this money to improve the school's library. HESpace has sent us the funds, and so did Carolina, and we are now waiting for the long long bureaucratic banking procedures to start the execution phase of the project.

Project launch 3, 2, 1, 0!

Last week we received project approval from HESpace. We already have a bank account, with just a little bureaucracy for signing papers will make it ready to be used by next week. And the school director already ordered the new playground toys: the mini house and the rocket. We can say that our mission has launched and we hope it will successfully reach its goal!

This is the first post of our new blog. If you want to catch up with our history, just check the original blog, projecthespacebrazil2012 . This year we intend to include two new "toys"in the playground, one of which is a big rocket, represented on the image of the blog's wallpaper. We are planning to send the adaptations to the original project by 10/23. The project had to go through changes because our school received support from a Brazilian bank for funds for equipment that were part of our original plan. Since the playground still needs equipment, we are planning to provide this by HESpace.

Remodelled playground: always improving

Last weekend we paid another visit to our dear school. We held a little campaign with our friends from Banco Central do Brasil, to raise funds to fix the playground, which was exposing the kids to some risk of accidents.

 

We also share some improvements that had to be done, and the recent campaign helped us pay this other work: the front wall was unstable and had to be put down and rebuilt and the electric wiring that provides energy to the school was changed.

 

 

Our plans forr this year include the provision of some equipment so that the school can offer better services. These include the couchs used by the younger kids to take their naps, and improve the area of the library with adequate books and audiovisual equipment.

 

 



 

 



And the semester begins with a new classroom

Now we can say that our project is a success! The kids are already using the new room, as shown in the pictures. Thank you all for the great job!

 

Tribute plate: "The construction of this room was supported by: He Space Children's Foundation; Eumetsat Better World Cup; Friends from Banco Central do Brasil; Friends from Banco do Brasil; Supporters of the house Casa de Moisés; Friends of Sociedade Estação Vida."

Construction update February 11

Everything is practically finished for the beginning of classes this year, scheduled for the 25th. The towels and paper hangs were fixed, all the rooms and toilets have lighting and the classroom has two ventilators to refresh the environment. The windows were painted on bright blue, bringing some happiness around. The constructor, Mr Iraci, who shows the shower functioning, decided to go after more donations and painted the ceiling of the old varanda on white, is building an improvised library and painted the new classroom in two colors. Just to remind: this project built a new room to serve as nursery for the youger kids, giving space in the old one (now very colorful) to the fourth graders.

lavatories (to come a donation of a water drinking fountain, already ordered)

The ceiling received a white paint. Check the new drainage for the roof.

The kids' bathroom ready for use

Mr Iraci, the man in charge, donates his spare time for this construction, shows the shower functioning. Note that we are in our carnaval holliday, and he spends all his minutes on site.

Our room! Blue windows, new vents, new lighting!

The old room from where the nursery is moving, will house the fourth grade. It is very colorful!

A refurbished area for the school admin.

Our improvised library.

The books that will be arranged in the new area.

General overview from the outside.

Drains to collect rain water

Blue windows!

Toilet's ceiling and blue window

Toilet set to be used.

Now some extras: a campaign headed by two central bank's colleagues allowed them to achieve the school material for the year! Today we went to the kids' shelter and distributed the backpacks filled with bright new school stuff. Check their faces!

Construction follow up January, 26

   We have running water in the lavatories! 

The towels and toilet paper hangs were bought. 

The windows now have glass.

A donation of ceiling fans which are ready to be installed.

A donation of school chairs from the British Embassy in Brazil!

The drainage of rain water is at its final stage, and there will be no more rain drops in the corridors!

Overview of the new classroom and patio.

 A donation of R$2000,00 from Banco Central do Brasil's june event (St John's party) was received. The money will be used for painting the windows and doors. Our new classroom is almost finished!

Muito obrigado, amigos do Banco Central, vocês nos ajudam a finalizar nossa obra! 

Picture: Ms Cirlene Alves, school director, and Mr Edson Amemyia, representing Banco Central do Brasil's friends.

Last but not least: this blog is terribly boring. Pictures of a construction site... Ms Cirlene invited us to visit the school's profile at facebook to get in touch with the kids!  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/plendes1.0