Build a school from recycled materials for Maya

Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next

Build a school from recycled materials for Maya

Students and teachers from Tecnico Maya School

Students and teachers from the Tecnico Maya School stand in front of their school. They have poor conditions and many months the teachers must go without pay. They are nevertheless a dedicated staff and wish to improve their school. They have asked Long Way Home for help to build a new school and add a vocational high school.

Students, teacher from Tecnico Maya on tire house.

The students climbed onto the tire house knowing that it was a practice for the school that LWH will build for them out of recycled materials such as trash and tires. They participate in the building project by bringing trash-filled bottles to the construction site for use in the walls of the latrine.

Bottles collected by community members line the la

In 2008 community members collected non-perishable trash from local streets and stuffed it into empty liter-sized plastic bottles. Bottle building is environmentally hygienic and also uses old as opposed to newly made materials.

The LWH crew uses mallets to fill tires with earth

In 2009 LWH employed 8 community members who have now learned "green" building techniques. They form the nucleus of a new green industry in Guatemala. With the completion of the Tecnico Maya vocational school in 2010 green building techniques will be taught to a new generation of green builders.

Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next