Supporting Open Classroom is a goodwill gesture that will promote good relations with this important U.S. trading partner.
It could also positively influence Myca’s president’s decisions about future elections.
The hurricane destroyed most of the country’s school buildings, along with all their school supplies. Displaced children often fall behind in reading, math, and other subjects. Many never catch up, limiting their economic potential and social well-being. Some never return to school. Living in a displacement camp is also stressful for children. The classroom environment gives students something positive to focus on and a sense of community.
U.S. Embassy to Myca
Office of the Ambassador
These are both good options.
Open Classroom is a new NGO, but the coordinator is the former superintendent of the largest school district in Myca. She knows how to organize and run multiple schools and manage a budget. If you give the group money, it can purchase textbooks in the local language.
On the other hand, computers are a growing need in schools across the world. Either way, funding Open Classroom is a goodwill gesture that will go a long way to repairing your relationship with the president. Remember, once this crisis passes, you hope to persuade her to hold elections.
