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Posted by John.Borst on Sep 28, 2010 In an e-mail Gord LeMaistre, of the Rotary Club of Kenora, and chairperson of the Canadian Ripple Effect Program along with his wife Debra, described progress being made on the Tameja School in Guatemala. LeMaistre said, “Good progress is being made on Tameja, despite the worst rainy season Guatemala has had in at least 50 years. “ According to his Guatemalan contact, Julio, “The rainy season is devastating many places and lot of roads are closed. The construction is going well although a little delayed because of the road problems.” Julio goes on to say as a result, “We have faced extra costs in transportation but we have looked with some institutions to help us to cover that.” However Julio also said, “The help offered by the Municipality has been irregular because they have had to cover other needs.” The school is expected to be finished this year and Gord and Debra LeMais

Posted by John Borst on May 01, 2016 Since 1999, Ripple Effect has refurbished or built 75 schools, handed out 450 scholarships & benefited over 25000 children in many areas of Guatemala. Ripple Effect focuses on children in the kindergarten to Grade 6 range. Do date they have had assistance from the Canadian Rotary Collaboration for International Development (CRICD) and matched with funds from Rotary clubs. They have also had two Global grants, meaning both Rotary District 5550 and Rotary International (RI) have jointly funded Ripple Effect projects. One example is a toilet at one of the schools. John and his wife have been to Guatemala 3 times and Gord and his wife Deb have been there 9 times An effective program requires passionate

Posted by John Borst on Nov 04, 2010 Our trip to Tameja was eventful, as we travelled about 40 kms past corn fields and an above ground pipeline, following a winding gravel road. The pipeline takes fuel from the coastal port to the interior of the country. The pipeline and road are maintained by Perenco Oil Company. We drove through at least 5 rivers as there are no bridges. During the rainy season the road is washed out in many places and the rivers rise to a level that makes transportation by road impossible. This caused a delay in the construction of Tameja School, as it was impossible to transport the building supplies into the community. Perenco repaired the road as soon as the rivers' water levels subsided and assisted with the delivery of the building supplies. Perenco also prepared the building site, by levelling the land. We arrived at the village and were quickly ushered to the new school

Posted by John Borst on Oct 18, 2010 Gord and Debra LeMaistre of the Rotary Club of Kenora are currently visiting Guatemala and have sent back the following brief report via The Ripple Effect Facebook page. We are currently distributing 475 Q Beta Water Filters to schools in Guatemala. This will provide clean drinking water to over 6300 children! We are also distributing desperately needed school supplies to Ripple Effect Schools in Guatemala all donated by very generous program supporters. So far, we have distributed 120 lbs of supplies to our schools. 2 school projects, building 2 classrooms, 6 washrooms, a half basketball court, a principal's office have just been completed. 2 projects building 7 new washrooms, refurbishing washrooms and building 2 classrooms have just begun. We will soon begin construction on 7 more schools!! For a slide show on the progress being made LINK HEREIf you wo

Posted by John Borst on Feb 07, 2014 The Los Caneles School is now a new 2 story school with 5 classrooms, kitchen, storage area for food and playground .This is a project in which our club was involved. The Tierra Blanca School built by “Schools Building Schools”, a high school student fund-raising effort, permitted the building of 2 classrooms and washrooms. The Las Tarayes School is the latest project. Washrooms need to be constructed. The kitchen is currently a dark, smoke filled room. Several classes are being held in wooden shacks with dirt floors. The existing cement classrooms have low, leaky roofs and are hot and stuffy. Assistant Governor Rod Riople and the 2016-17 District Go

Posted by John Borst The project is fully funded and construction will begin as soon as the paperwork is completed and funds transferred. The project partners are 5 Rotary Clubs (including Dryden) and one church. To read the full report including a Backgrounder, Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses and Threats LINK HERE or follow the path home page, SITE PAGES, Ripple Effect Program, Progress Report on Tameja - Guatemala School.