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Assisting communities in northeastern Mexico and the Rio
Grande Valley to improve health and education.
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December 2019 - Vol. 10
No. 2
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Looking Ahead
CUPS is
partnering with the staff of a college preparatory high school in
Poblado La Soledad to renovate the existing school facilities. This
project will be executed with supervision by our own CUPS project
manager, Fidencio Perez with help from community volunteer labor
and hired contract labor to the extent required. The total cost is
of this project is estimated to be approximately $22,000 (US
dollars) for purchase of a used van to transport students, building
renovation, furnishing of a school library and computer instruction
classroom, and air conditioning/heating for classrooms and
library/computer classroom.
CUPS
plans to provide computers, books, and other school supplies for
the school, based on donations from CUPS supporters, which is in
addition to the work to be performed with existing funds.
This
project is ambitious for CUPS and is not fully funded at this time
but the need is important. Your continued support of CUPS helps us
accomplish projects like this one and we need that support more
than ever now. Won't you consider an end-of-year designated
donation to CUPS.
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A CUPS SPANISH VOCABULARY PRIMER
We like
to provide information from time to time that our supporters might
find useful. Here are some terms often used in our work that might
not appear in a typical Spanish class.
A fence
-- especially important for schools in the communities CUPS serves,
for the safety of children at play
Lit.
"Roofed"-- an open-sided structure with a large roof on
supports to provide a shaded area for school assemblies and
programs. Many schools in Mexico have a large open courtyard
where students and parents gather for such events. CUPS has built
several techados.
High
School-- the word also can mean High School diploma. CUPS is
working with a "Telebachillerato", a "tele-high
school" that uses computers and some other resources
for longer-distance learning, based in Poblado La
Soledad.
Floor
-- CUPS has poured concrete floors for school classrooms, clinics,
and community centers.
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Here is a list of completed projects in 2019.
- Roof
repairs at school in Isla Fantasia (see attached photos)
- New
kindergarten floor for José Delgado community
- Repairs
to classroom at Alia Musa's special education school in Valle
Hermoso
- Cement
roof for General Villar elementary school I San Luisito
The board also approved two new projects for
completion in the next couple of months:
- A
border fence for Kindergarten Flores Magon
- An
assembly area roof (techado) for elementary school in José
Delgado community
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February 24, 2020 - Board Meeting at Sugarland PC
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Comunidades
Unidas Pro Salud
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