School Rehabilitation & Maintenance Program

As of right now, Waves of Hope does not have any ongoing school rehab projects underway as we are in the middle of the school year and try to avoid disruption through construction works if it can be avoided. We did however recently update some of the high school roof which had some leaks and are planning for a much larger high school improvement program this winter. 

Phase One 

The back portion of the school yard is a high traffic area that is dry and dusty in the dry season and muddy in the wet season. The toilets in back are in need of repair and painting, while the main footway area could really use some walkways, planting and repair. 

The school restrooms are also in need of repair and maintenance including repainting, replacing broken water pipes from the cistern to the tank and from the tank to the hand-washing area, and replacing the handwashing sink. There is also a need to build stairs at the south west end of the new classrooms building.

Total Estimated Budget for Phase One Project: 80,000 cordoba ($2,462 USD)

Phase Two Service Retreat – Outdoor Plaza / Recess Seating Area

The second phase of the Manzanillo High School improvement project is a proposal to construct an outdoor plaza seating area. As most of the school grounds is open dirt, the majority of the outdoor areas are dusty in dry season and muddy in the wet season. We hope that by constructing an outdoor area using the same blocks as the walkways we will be able to reduce the amount of mud and dirt that is tracked throughout the school and provide an aesthetically appealing area for social congregation, studying and lunch breaks. The trees in this part of the school provide a natural shaded area that is currently not being utilized.

Total Phase 2 Estimated Cost: 110,000 (3,385 USD)

• Project Overview (PDF)
  

This January we teamed up with a television show production company from Los Angeles to complete a full rehabilitation of a local elementary school located in San Luis. For the production company, it was part of a reality TV series where a group travels the world helping non-profits achieve the impossible, which in this case was a full school rehabilitation in 7 days. For us, it was an opportunity to do something amazing for one of our local communities. When they pitched us on the idea we thought the scope would be impossible to complete in 7 weeks (it seemed more like a 4-5 week project) but amazingly the project was fully built out over 7 days with the help of two amazing construction crews and lots and lots of local volunteers.

This project included the following:

• New roof and general improvements to the classroom including fresh paint
• Repaired walkways
• Repair of playground set
• Repairs to the performance stage
• Addition of sports equipment 
• A deep water well 
• A commnunity water wall
• New washrooms
• 60 new desks

The total budget of this project was $30k USD. A huge and special thanks to the production company and our local community for making this project possible. And a big thanks to all of you who support our cause because without you none of this would be possible. We look forward to seeing the production once fully edited.

Next up we will be circling back to our high school to add in some walkways, make some improvements to the washrooms and patch some roofing issues we are experiencing.