TGUP: Completed Projects in 2012
8 Completed Projects in 2012

1 - Literacy Cooperative: Books

Yucatan, 2012, Education

Project #24 of 403

We sent 500 new library-grade Spanish language books to the Proyecto Itzaes literacy cooperative in Yucatan, Mexico. The 6,500 people in the area only spoke Toltec so were very limited in their work and trading options. Thanks to the Latino Student Union at Los Altos High they can now read and speak both Toltec and Spanish.

New Spanish books
Learning to read

TGUP Partner: Proyecto Itzaes

2 - LEGOs: Educational Toys

Multiple Countries, 2012, Recreation

Project #25 of 403

Students at three California schools collected 500 pounds of LEGOs. School-sized sets of the LEGOs were sent to TGUP-supported schools in Mexico, Nicaragua, Haiti, Malawi, and South Africa. The children love them because they are fun, and the teachers love them because they promote the students' creativity and fine motor skills.

Collecting LEGOs
LEGOs in Nicaragua

3 - Freedom Preschool: Upgrade

South Africa, 2012, Education

Project #26 of 403

After the preschool teachers at Freedom Preschool had received their training and certification in early childhood education, we installed shelves, educational posters, tables, chairs, and hanging racks for backpacks. We also painted inside and outside walls including putting educational murals on the walls.

Painting the exterior
Painting the interior

TGUP Partner: COPT

4 - Thato Day Care Center: Upgrade

South Africa, 2012, Education

Project #27 of 403

Working with our South African partners, we painted walls, tables, chairs and other furniture, and created educational posters. We then painted murals on the inside and outside walls and installed hangers for backpacks. This created an ideal environment for the recently qualified teachers to work at Thato Preschool and Daycare.

Upgrade in progress
Finished front

TGUP Partner: COPT

5 - Bophelong Preschool: Upgrade

South Africa, 2012, Education

Project #28 of 403

We renovated the preschool and installed monkey bars and a jungle gym with slide, fireman's pole and drum. These are the first gross motor skills structures the students have ever had. The staff were recently trained in best practices for preschool teaching and are excited to now have the environment to best teach the children.

Teacher and students
With TGUP group

TGUP Partner: COPT

6 - Dho: Birthing Center

Nepal, 2012, Health

Project #29 of 403

High up in the Himalayas, Dolpa can only be reached on foot (11 days hiking from the nearest road). The community has about 1,200 births a year but had no maternal health services available. Now that the Dho Birthing Center has been completed, they now have basic obstetric care in a clean, warm, and safe environment.

Delivering supplies
Remote clinic

TGUP Partner: One Heart Worldwide

7 - Girl's Computer Lab: Classroom

Kenya, 2012, Education

Project #30 of 403

We built a classroom to be used as a computer lab for 350 high school girls in Karatina, Kenya. None of the girls had ever touched a computer before, but now they are proficient users of word processing, spreadsheets, and more. The project was funded by donations from 32 KIWINS Key Club schools in Southern California.

Putting up the rafters
Finished building

TGUP Partner: SEANet

8 - SOPUDEP School: Desks

Haiti, 2012, Education

Project #31 of 403

TGUP provided a water cistern and emergency supplies to SOPUDEP School in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake in 2010, and this year we raised the funds necessary to buy the 100 desks they needed so that everyone could have their own. The school serves more than 500 students in one of the poorest districts of the city.

TGUP volunteers
Celebrating solidarity

TGUP Partner: Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

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