Fundraising will help the construction of a lunchroom for children who attend school near landfill
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OXNARD — The families in this community scratch out a living by scavenging at the landfill, and their children attend the local school. However, even though the school serves the most impoverished people of Guatemala, it receives little governmental support. It lacks basic infrastructure that brings dignity and safety for the kids. With your help we will feed the children and build a lunchroom and assembly room for them to eat in, and gather during hurricanes and other times.
“Children will be attracted to stay in this school and have a better chance of escaping poverty as I did, from a shoeshine boy eating from the trash to a biologist” Said Founder and President of El Lustrador Foundation René Corado.
Children from this community go to the elementary school adjacent to the landfill, but the school, and the families, lack almost all basic necessities. The school is the conduit to get these necessities covered. This year, food and a room are the highest priorities.
Parents are not able to provide enough food for the children because part of the landfill is closed. This will help keep children from hunger and healthier during the pandemic, during which many have died.
We want to keep families fed this fall, and keep children protected long-term. The school will better protect children with the new lunchroom, and we will see more kids staying in school. I was one of the children who grew up in the streets of Guatemala, and food donations can be the difference between life and death.
Our fundraising starts Monday September 13th at 6am.
You can make a DONATION HERE: https://goto.gg/52000
El Lustrador Foundation — The El Lustrador Foundation is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help underprivileged Guatemalan youths afford education. The foundation furthers this mission by providing scholarships and education to Guatemalan youths and their families as well as working with US school districts to provide guidance to Latino youth in our community.
We are using the platform of GlobalGiving for our fundraising. GlobalGiving is the first and largest global crowdfunding community for nonprofits in 165+ countries. The crowdfunding community has raised more than $200 million from more than 500,000 donors for more than 14,000 locally driven projects.