Fountain of Hope AMURTEL's new project in Panatau - an afterschool center providing a hot nutritious lunch and help with homework to break the cycle of rural poverty

Panatau is a small rural and economically underdeveloped village Familia AMURTEL, our children's home All of the kids First meeting of the committee: school director, Cristina (project manager), the This is the building offered by Panatau Comune for the project - in bad need of This is what it looks like now! Didi and Cristina the project manager, in front of the building Repairing the walls Subflooring of earth had to be dug out and concrete poured Concrete mixer for laying concrete Constructing new walls for the kitchen The building needed a lot of work Two truckloads of donated school furniture arrived in May from Switzerland Our project manager Cristina in her new office! The kitchen and Lilly our cook Ready to serve the first meals The computer lab The study hall Bathrooms with shower facility Apple trees The staff at Fountain of Hope First food supplies - make a donation to keep the cupboards full! The kitchen is open! Enjoying hot soup Warm nutritious vegetarian food Studying By properly finishing their education, they will have much greater chances of br Already 25 children are benefitting from the project Learning computers This is their first exposure to computer technology Basic health and hygiene skills are among the first objectives