“LA COROMOTO” SCHOOL

This was a rural elementary school registered with the Venezuela Ministry of Education and the Venezuelan Association of Catholic Schools  (AVEC). Most of our 65  students were indigenous children from the Yaruro  Tribe, ages between 5 and 12 years old. Access from La Macanilla to the school was  only possible by almost 30 miles of dirt roads. Such access got very difficult during the rainy season. Due to the large distances from where some of our students live, we used to function as a boarding school. Since these are highly vulnerable communities, we provided free education, shelter, meals, transportation, uniforms and school supplies, primary health in addition to civic and family values, while respecting and promoting their ancestral culture and traditions.

Also, we had arrangements with other catholic oriented educational institutions in San Fernando, Apure’s capital, for our students that wish to continue with highschool and college.

We considered ourselves a green school as we were environmental sustainable, generating our electricity only via solar panels and provide running water through wind mills.