School Supply donations

Around every corner, we find a set of books, a laptop, a tuition donation, or an idea that keeps this project going. As important as the donation is in itself, even more amazing is the fact that so many people believe in this cause and the children who are benefitting from a quality education.  Get involved and stay connected.

 

*Special Requests*

 

 

Are you from Toronto or London, Ontario? We need travelers to carry donated soccer uniforms to Belize: We have a team donation of used soccer jerseys, shorts, bag and balls.  Please contact us.

 

 

Swimming Strokes and Lifeguarding Skills P.E. class: 10 swim goggles; 10 resistance paddles; 10 leg floats; 10 flutterboards.

 

10 computer mice and mice pads

 

Dry Erase Markers

 

Spiral coil notebooks (for English class)

 

40 Plastic cups or bottles (for water). We hate using disposible cups and would prefer a more ecological solution.

 

Year-round requests

 

Tuition: The school costs more money to run than the students' families can afford to pay. Ocean Academy is a private non-profit educational institution. We are not funded by the government. In 2008-2009, our modest operating budget is funded by a monthly tution of $250 US per student. However, because a typical full-time salary on the island for a hard-working adult is $75 USD/week, $250 is out of the question. We are asking the families who can afford it, to pay $100 US/month tuition. In order for this reduced tuition to be possible, we need your help! Meet the students and find out why your tuition support will change their lives.

Laptops: Caye Caulker's economy is based on tourism. And tourism is driven by the Internet. Yet, only a handful of local children have regular access to computers. Recent graduates from Belize's High Schools cite their lack of early computer training as a real problem. Do you have a working laptop? Or do you work for a company that may be interested in donating working laptops? Your computer donation can change lives. Please contact us if you have a laptop that could be carried by a traveler to Caye Caulker, or computers that could be shipped.

School Supplies: Ink Cartridges: Brother TN330, HP Photosmart 74 and 75XL, laminating machine and paper, computer paper, lined paper, dry erase markers, mouse and mouse pads, 3-hole punch, scissors, staplers, rubbermaid bins for storage, digital cameras, video camera, clear plastic page protectors (8.5x11"), 2 classroom pencil sharpeners, 3-ring binders, water bottles  Every little supply helps.


Textbooks & Teaching Resource Materials: Belizeans are required to spend several hundred dollars on high school textbooks. We are working as hard as we can to defray those costs to our students. Time and again we meet someone who regretfully describes text books from their school district being thrown in the trash. By donating needed books to Ocean Academy, you can help make high school education possible for countless children. See subject areas, and Belizean-specific resources (cash donations).

 

***PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE SHIPPING OR MAILING ANY DONATIONS.  WE MUST PAY HEFTY IMPORT DUTIES UNLESS DONATIONS ARE PROPERLY LABELLED***