Clean Your Desk
Recycle, Reuse, Renew Hope for Nicaraguan Kids!
February 4th, 2008, is the first day of school for children in Nicaragua. This year Ministry of Education (MINED) expects to welcome 100,000 new children, for a total enrollment of nearly 2 million students.
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This exciting achievement is due to Nicaragua's decision last year to de-privatize public education by eliminating the World Bank, IMF mandated school fees that had previously barred thousands of children from attending school.
We celebrate this commitment to universal education for the poor in Nicaragua!
Each year with your help, Quest for Peace sends 60 tons of school supplies to Nicaragua for use in rural schools. Let's redouble our efforts this year and make sure that these new students have the tools and support they need to learn.
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How the campaign works
"Thanks for your excellent, well-organized campaign packet, which made it so easy to participate with minimal preparation time!" - Suzanne Kent of Santa Cruz, CA. - Invite your classroom, group, church to gather funds and simple school supplies such as: pencils & erasers, paper & notebooks, art supplies, crayons & markers, scissors & rulers, musical instruments, basketballs, baseballs, etc. Please... NO books or anything battery operated.
- Pack the supplies in sturdy boxes and ship them to:
c/o DC DYNA
45805 Old Ox Road
Dulles, VA 20166
Tel. 703 733-4010
- We'd like to thank you! Let us know when you ship supplies to our warehouse.
- The supplies are put in large cargo containers and shipped to Nicaragua.
- The supplies travel to the 300 plus schools in 30 municipalities which we serve in Nicaragua.
Reading and discussing the materials in the Clean Your Desk packet will help your students understand the lives of students in Nicaragua - and, by extension - the lives of people in other poor countries. The campaign may be adapted for use with other groups as well.