An
earthquake and then a tsunami in a part of Latin America where
we have opened schools exposed our lack of preparedness: the
fact that we were neither trained nor equipped to deal with
such a loss. We did not have an effective plan for getting
our schools reopened right away. We have
corrected this. Not only can we now get our own
schools operating again within a few days, we can also stand
in for state schools which are likely to be closed for many
months. We can place our portable schools near to a collapsed
or damaged national school or else in a refugee camp if the
stricken community is temporarily uninhabitable.
The principal limitation to how many portable
schools we can open how quickly is the cost of each SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX
[$2,000 US] and the cost of operating each individual SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX
per month [$700 US] for up to one school term. We have sufficient
trained, mobile staff and we use local teachers in country.
Each SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX is
made from an air cargo container - each folds out to make
a temporary school able to accommodate up to 30 children -
with two daily shafts = 60 children. Each SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX
is designed to last for up to one year, and can double as
a shelter at night. We ship them from Lima airport.
So far we have opened 63 schools
throughout Latin America: [Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela]. It takes between two and four weeks
from request to fully functioning school [the shortest time
so far is one day]. So here we are, standing by, ready to
respond. Call us, SKYPE us or email us:
Call: +51 44 949924445 (or +51 44 202141) SKYPE:
"agendaint" , Email: urgent@school-in-a-box.org
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SCHOOL-IN-A-BOX
is a collaborative effort between: Agenda SOS International,
Bruce Organisation & Volontaires Sans Frontieres
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