Buen Samaritano LACC Nicaragua

El Buen Samaritano is located in a small community accessible by a 20 minutes drive along a rutted dirt road. Before this school came, children would have to walk two hours to get to school. The people of the community saw the need and a lady started a preschool in her house with 10 students in 1989. Slowly the school grew to include mare and more grades. Through the help of LACC, they have been able to build permanent classrooms.

The community is very poor and income is unstable, and even the $2 a month for tuition is difficult for many families. But the community has adopted this school as their own and will pitch in to help maintain and improve the school. They finally received electricity in 2001 and running water in 2004.

Academically, this school is the best in the whole region. Their average grade of 90% has raised the average grade for the entire department of Masaya!

Right now, the school only goes through 9th grade - leaving students to make the two hour journey daily if they want to finish high school and receive a diploma! Pastor Raul is trusting in God that one day soon the funds will be there to complete the high school.

Name	El Buen Samaritano
Location:	Comejen, Masaya
# of students:	178
Founded:	1989
Grades:	Pre-school - 9th grade
Director:	Ana María Gonzáles Paramo
Pastor:	Raul Antonio Gutierrez
Feeding Program:	LACC lunch feeding program
Other:	Computer lab, English at secondary level

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