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Volcanes is

a small community located outside of Puerto Vallarta, at the edge of the mountains. It has limited services and the families who live in Volcanes are very poor.

The Volcanes Community Education Program (CEP) is a fantastic program which now serves over 400 students.

This program began initially in the Magisterio area as the School of Champions with approximately 60 students learning English and computers.

This program has evolved to offer a variety of programs including English, computers, band/music, remedial Spanish, sports, and more. purpose of Becas Scholarship Program is to provide the children of very poor families in the Puerto Vallarta area with the chance of a good education, thus enabling them to have a better standard of living than has been available to most of their families.

In 2007

A feeding program began to help the students in Volcanes’ primary and kindergarten schools.
Food was distributed and the children’s attendance and marks went up!

In 2009

a New Public Primary School opens in Volcanes and the morning shift quickly fills. The Government builds elementary schools, but has limited funds available for operating these schools. The new Volcanes Primary School was built for 500 students – half in the morning and the remaining students in the afternoon. By 2010, the morning session reached student capacity at 250 with an average of 40 children per class.

In March 2011

80 students from the Volcanes Public Primary School started in the After-School Program provided by the Volcanes Community Education Project. The funding was provided privately by the Café Roma Kids’ Program through Café Roma in Puerto Vallarta. The Volcanes School Principal has been enthusiastically in favor the programs offered by the Project. She secured approval of the School Board, President of the Parents Association, President of the Colonia (neighborhood council), and the City Council. All continue to be very supportive.

In June 2011

the Project operated in the old school without electricity and in classrooms in dire need of painting. Over the summer of 2011, with private funding from Café Roma, electricity was installed in the old building, and lights and fans were put in working order. Visiting professors from Ft. Hays State University, the local Parents Association, and the local Colonia council cleaned and painted all 4 classrooms. New white boards were installed and a library began to take shape.

In 2011

work began to refurbish the building to allow the Volcanes Community Education Project to utilize the classrooms. Soon groups from US and Canada began donating books for the library that Principal Carmella had always envisioned for the community. With a great deal of help from the local chapter of Rotary Vallarta Sur as well as major funding from two Canadian rotaries, the new library officially opened on November 13, 2013. The Volcanes Community Education Project Library is now open for our English learning students as well as during the evenings and week-ends for the entire community. The library has free Wi-Fi internet and students and community members may check out lap tops for completing those important home work assignments. The library is also used for community meetings, health seminars, and other continuing education programs.

Currently

classes are offered to approximately 400 students of grades 1 through high school. These students also attend public school daily. Today, 100% of students in Volcanes continue to Grade 7, and almost all go on to high school. A significant number of students also carry on to universtiy or technical school upon graduating from high school. They are currently 100 students in Volcanes who participate in the Becas Schoarship Program. We are actively working to increase the number to 200, ensuring more students can benefit from our support in achieving their educational goals. 

Student Scholarships

Who is behind

The Volcanes Community Education Project (VCEP) was started by Arthur Fumerton in Spring 2011 at the Volcanes Primary School with the support of the Principal, Teachers, School Board, Parents Association, the Colonia Council and the City Council. The program grew out of the prior School of Champions which provided computer, math, and English instruction for 200 very poor students in grades 3 to 6.

Our Team

A short introduction to your team members and why their background should inspire potential clients’ confidence.

Olga Lucero Perez Bravo

School director

Brisa Anaydee López Lozano

Administrative assistant director

Carolina Curiel Nogoa

Reading & writing teacher

Diego Isrrael Meza Quintero

Computer teacher

Ruth Belen Maldonado Minor

Mathematics teacher

Luis Mario Villegas

Music teacher

Do you want to help?

Volcanes kids education program is always looking for special people.

Tax Information

The Volcanes Project can provide tax-deductible receipts for donations made by Mexican, Canadian, and US taxpayers. We are a registered charity (Asociación Civil).

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