September 2004 Comunidad delivers three vans full of hope
No Comments →Part of Comunidad’s charter is to improve the educational prospects of the tribal children we serve. For many of these children, formal education ends after the sixth grade, due to their inability to get to the secondarios, which are often a distance from their community. Now, due to Comunidad’s vehicle donation program and the generosity of three individuals, three vans are now in use in the communities, making a real difference in a number of lives.
The first donated van came from the Loper family of Los Gatos. Originally used to transport clothing, school supplies, blankets and shoes to the villages of San Jose de la Zorra, San Antonio Necua, and El Mayor Cucapah earlier this year, the van was then converted into a school bus for middle school students.
The next van came from Joy Ide-Cresci of San Francisco. Again, the van was used initially to transport clothing, blankets and medical supplies. It now remains in Ensenada, where it is used by the Comunidad medical and dental teams to access the remote tribal locations.
A third van, donated by Jim Carter of San Francisco, is headed to Santa Catarina loaded with a generator, clothing and blankets for a Health Fare in October. It will then be donated to the community of El Mayor Cucapah to be used as a school bus.
The vehicle donation program is in its infancy, but is already making a difference in the lives of the tribal children. This program, along with its scholarship counterpart, is turning higher education from a dream into a reality.