Raindrops keep falling on my head (and books)  

At our first work trip to the community, we discovered the school lacked a classroom for two of the grades. So these students met outside .  We held community meetings in October 2022 with over 40 people who unanimously stated they wanted a new classroom for their school. The community spoke freely of the need for an additional classroom and were united behind this project.  The classroom was completed in January 2023 just in time for the new school year.  And all the students now have a good student desk to sit at from money collected from the parents to pay for children’s lunches.  We matched the funds collected and a local welder fixed all the broken desks. The community contributed many volunteer hours to build the classroom.  All the workers were from the community except those skillsets and/or equipment were not available within the community.  If my memory serves me correctly, the community had a quote of over $10,000 for an outside contractor to build the classroom, however, with the approach the community took it cost sweat equity from the community and $6,500 for the classroom. And now the classroom also is home to the medical clinic in the community.