Three public elementary schools that are open after Hurrican Katrina will get new supplies and educational materials.

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Support Youth at 3 Elementary Schools, New Orleans

Summary

Funds raised for the only three functioning public elementary schools in New Orleans enable the schools to purchase educational materials crucial to improving public education in New Orleans. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $61,302 was raised for this project.

Received $61,302 from 65 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The New Orleans Public School District was one of the lowest performing in the country. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city of institutions and infrastructure. What was salvaged from the wreckage of the storm is inappropriate in the new system. Eisenhower, Behrman and Harte elementary schools need funds to replace antiquated books and make changes necessary to allow residents and their children to return home and return to school.

Activities

Raise funds for Eisenhower, Behrman and Harte elementary schools. Enable them to purchase library books, classroom materials, learning software, and extracurricular equipment including computers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $61,302

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $61,302. The original project funding goal was $133,122.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.ri.org/articles.php?ssid=68)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

New Orleans has been inaccessible to families with children due to a lack of schools. Families will return to a rejuvenated education system and students will gain the foundation for lifelong learning once absent in a failing school system.

Project Message

With over 100,000 people displaced and damages now estimated at more than $60 billion dollars, Hurricane Katrina has been labeled as the worst natural disaster in US history.
- Relief International, response update