2008 class holding letters sent by children from the Waggoner Elementary School of Winters, California, thorugh ChileCAD.

Our objective for the year 2008 is to raise funds to buy a School Bus for a rural school in Los Notros county, between Santa Bárbara and Ralco, VIII Region of Chile. Ralco is a remote area that presents high incidence of poverty, 28% while the overall estimate in Chile is 19%. Here 46% of the population lives in rural areas, many in high altitudes which become isolated for long periods of time by snow storms, often cutting some basic sanitary services such as drinking water, telephone and electricity. The G-967 School serves currently 23 boys and girls and two teacher work there. We have created a partnership with the Women's Rotary Club of Santa Bárbara and with the City Government of Santa Barbara to provide buy a School Bus for the G-967 school.