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Last Saturday and Sunday we opened the Guaruma year with a Parent’s Meeting in each of the two communities where Guaruma works. At the meetings we gave a presentation about Guaruma and showed photographs taken by the kids over the past year. Afterwards interested parents signed their children up to take classes in Photography, Computation, English, and Environmental Education. We look forward to getting the learning under way!
Guaruma Monthly, a magazine featuring the best photography from our students over the past month is officially available now at www.issuu.com  Students and Teachers alike work to clean the streets of the Cuenca Cangrejal Before Holy Week this year Guaruma embarked upon a campaign to clean up the towns and river where it works. Led by Environmental teachers, Ivin and Sara, the Guaruma students meticulously collected trash-bags filled with trash, painted the trunks of the trees white, and got the word out in the communities to mind their waste. Thanks to their dedicated work Las Mangas and El Pital were ready for Holy Week and all the tourists that it brings to the Cangrejal River. Before Holy Week this year, Guaruma worked diligently to raise awareness of littering in the Cangrejal River and its communities. Here in the Cangrejal Watershed many tourists from the capital and other parts of Honduras come each Holy week to spend time on the river with their families. Guaruma students and instructors placed signs with various messages like “do not litter” and “keep green areas green” around the communities where we live and work. Also, with the local tourism board, Guaruma’s students helped to create and put up 15 large signs asking people not to litter. Next to each sign was placed a 75 gallon steel drum for people to place their trash. This project has been quite successful, as the drums have filled up much more than the river has with people’s trash. |
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