Life in the Canyon
Helping Children and Families in Tijuana Mexico
"Blue Tarp School"
David Lynch School NRG.
If you google Armando and the Blue Tarp School you will find a children's book written about David Lynch. It's a story about how David came to work with the families working in the garbage dump of Tijuana, noticing that the children were playing as their parents scavenged the mountains of refuse. Knowing that the children should instead be in school, David pulled out a blue tarp and began reading books to the children. What started as a blue tarp is now two concrete bilevel buildings.
The school is a kindergarten for 3, 4 and 5 year old children. There are separate levels of activities for each age group. When they graduate, they go on to "Primaria" (first grade) which is located right next door.
When we first contacted the school they had been operating without electricity for a few years. They had computers, but no internet. We helped to get the electricity reinstalled and have a monthly sponsor for the internet. We also give the director a cash grant at the beginning of the year in order to sponsor children who's families cannot afford the monthly fees.