Trash to Treasure
Posted by Robert W. Maule
on Oct 8, 2012
How would it be possible to clean up the litter scattered around a remote village, earn enthusiasm and dedication from villagers and simultaneously build a schoolhouse for a bunch cute kids?
An organization that calls itself "Hug It Forward" knows the answer and proved it with 14 school houses built in remote parts of Guatemala. In the past our Club made a substantial contribution to complete one of those schools.
We have plans to make another contribution, albeit a smaller one, to help our friends at "Hugs" start another school in either Guatemala or Honduras. Once again, the village kids will scour the area for plastic trash and bottles, the women will stuff the bottles with plastic trash, the men will work with experts to build the reinforced concrete skeleton of a building, and all the villagers will use those bottles to construct well insulated walls.
To learn more about how to build a school house, click below for a demonstration of enthusiastic construction:
Click Here: Demonstration of Construction of Bottle Schools
Yes, it is indeed possible to turn trash into the treasure of education for yet another village, and our Club’s money will be there to help.
We have plans to make another contribution, albeit a smaller one, to help our friends at "Hugs" start another school in either Guatemala or Honduras. Once again, the village kids will scour the area for plastic trash and bottles, the women will stuff the bottles with plastic trash, the men will work with experts to build the reinforced concrete skeleton of a building, and all the villagers will use those bottles to construct well insulated walls.
To learn more about how to build a school house, click below for a demonstration of enthusiastic construction:
Click Here: Demonstration of Construction of Bottle Schools
Yes, it is indeed possible to turn trash into the treasure of education for yet another village, and our Club’s money will be there to help.