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Feeding Children
In the school year beginning March 2008, Amigos began supporting six additional schools: El Frances Abajo, El Frances Arriba, Pueblo Nuevo, Pueblo Caldera, Alto Boquete, and Macano bringing the total to 13 schools serviced by Amigos.
In addition, Amigos continues to support the Medalla Milagrossa Orphanage, Casa Esperanza, The Handicap Foundation, and Buenos Vecinos by supplementing their food supplies.
Amigos is now feeding over 1,100 children each school day.
To provide more efficiency and accountability during 2008, Amigos is now paying for cooks to prepare the meals in each of the 12 schools. The hiring and direct payment of these cooks has been coordinated with the Minister of Education and the various Parents Associations.
School Construction Projects
Amigos de Boquete completed rehabilitation projects in six schools during 2007-2008.
Two selected projects are highlighted below.
Alto Quiel
Below are pictures of the final installation of windows in the Alto Quiel School. Amigos de Boquete also installed security bars, rebuilt the kitchen and bathrooms, fixed the sanitary water system, and upgraded the classroom lighting system.
Palmira Arriba
The Palmira Arriba School project (“Before”, “During” and “After” photos below) has been our largest project to date, involving the replacement of the roof of the kitchen and the administration building, the rehabilitation of the kitchen, and the construction of a private bedroom with a full bathroom so that the teacher would not have to sleep on the dining room table and so that she can have the privacy of her own bath. (The Palmira Arriba school is so remote that a teacher sleeps there five nights per week.)
Below are pictures of the Palmira Arriba kitchen and administration building before new construction.
 
Below are pictures of the Palmira Arriba kitchen and administration building during construction.
Below are pictures of the Palmira Arriba kitchen and administration building in the “all but paint” stage.
Palmira Arriba Paint Project
Amigos de Boquete painted the new Palmira Arriba administration building with the help of the parents of children who attend the Palmire Arriba School.
JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS
During 2008, joint venture projects with Club Rotario de Boquete relating to school rehabilitations at the Palmira Centro and Caldera schools were completed.
Also during 2008 Amigos de Boquete implemented a joint venture with Activo 20-30 (a leading Panamanian Foundation) involving the rehabilitation of three additional schools, Pueblo Nuevo, El Frances Arriba, and El Frances Abaho.
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