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Children’s Needs & Education

Brenda Sandoval

Tristan Solano

Matt Almaraz

Kent Ratliff

Brandon Obregon

Cindy Bugarin

Finding a Need•First, we wanted to work with animals•We were unable to do this •We worked with children

San Antonio’s NeedSan Antonio has the highest number of high school drop outs in Texas and in the nation

Current EventsOrganizations such as CRIN and One Laptop per Child are working globally to help solve the problem of underprivileged children and children’s needs and education.

Interviews

We interviewed Grace Harden, the volunteer coordinator at urban

connections.

“The community garden will be feeding people for years and

the bookshelf provides storage space for more books, so that will help the children to learn”

Global Scale

The percentage of children enrolled in the last grade of primary education whocontinue to the secondary level the following year, 2001/02

Community Services

Children’s Museum

“where kids play to learn and adults learn to play”

Urban Connection-San Antonio is a holistic, faith-based, human and community development organization."Building Genuine Community, One Person At A Time!"

Our Plan

We wanted to:

remove the tree stump

Give a bookshelf

Build a Community garden

Preparing for the Project

We had to set up volunteer support, get tools and supplies.

We did a needs assessment for Urban Connections and designed our project to fit those needs.

Impact

Personal Reflections

Special Thanks

Grace Harden

Robin Wilkinson

Grace Harden: Volunteer Coordinator

Robin Wilkinson: Master Gardener

Alfonso Santos: Built the Bookshelf

Our Parents: For dealing with us

Works Cited

• "Urban Connections." Urban Connections. 2008. Urban Connections . 15 Apr 2009 <http://www.urbanconnection-sa.org/>.

• "How many children in Africa." UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 01/2006. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 15 Apr 2009 <http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/EducGeneral/UIS_Fact%20Sheet_2006_02_SecAfr_EN.pdf>.

• "San Antonio Children's Museum." SAKIDS.org. 2005. San Antonio Children's Museum. 15 Apr 2009 <http://www.sakids.org/>.