Cormen Wupip recently gave up a lucrative position, and now paddles 5 miles across a lagoon in order to teach the 10 stents in Fireburn Village. Most would call it a waste of time but Cormen Wupip and his students don't see it that way.
Firreburn, Corozal District, Belize Central America (PRWEB) June 19, 2013
He was teaching in a private school in San Pedro, doing pretty well, by local standards. Although he had attained a teaching certificate, he did not have a Bachelor's Degree which limited his potential and would not enable him to move up through the ranks in the teaching system.
Cormen dedicated himself to the task of obtaining that degree and after much hard work, dedication and faith, he did just that. Now faced with a choice of how to proceed in his future, Cormen took Mr. Frost's proverbial " road not taken " (and we mean really not taken).
Instead of moving up through the ranks of pay and prestige that most academics would follow, Cormen leaves his family, in the nearest village with conveniences, late on Sunday, in order to make the journey to a remote village called Fireburn. He returns on Friday after school. This is no ordinary commute.
The journey includes a road, two crank bridges, a 5 mile canoe trip, then a hike through the jungle. During the week he lives in a small room attached to the school house, and lives on tortillas and beans.
Fireburn has never had a student pass the basic Primary School Exam, yet Cormen felt that this post was his calling. Recently Cormen and every family in Fireburn received solar powered WakaWaka Lights from the Grid Earth Project, which like Cormen doesn't mind traveling the road not taken. Whether a village consists of one hundred children or 10, they all deserve the same chance at a safe education.
The use of candles and other dangerous fire based lighting results in millions of deaths annually, through burns and respiratory illnesses. This is happening in approximately one quarter of the world - deaths and illnesses that are unnecessary and that can be stopped today. Cormen expects that the use of the new solar lights will increase his students' performance dramatically, as most are forced to do what homework they can by candle light, if they have it.
After just one year of teach in Fireburn three of the students eligible passed the exam. The Village is pooling together and one of the students will be going on to College. That student wants to study education, and assures Cormen that if he will hang on long enough, she will return to Fireburn, and relieve him of the Teaching post.
Where never before has any student passed the basic exams, education is now flourishing. No matter how small. And no child will ever again risk their safety in order to obtain an education in Fireburn Village.
To find out more about the Grid Earth Project, visit http://www.GridEarth.org. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.
Firreburn, Corozal District, Belize Central America (PRWEB) June 19, 2013
He was teaching in a private school in San Pedro, doing pretty well, by local standards. Although he had attained a teaching certificate, he did not have a Bachelor's Degree which limited his potential and would not enable him to move up through the ranks in the teaching system.
Cormen dedicated himself to the task of obtaining that degree and after much hard work, dedication and faith, he did just that. Now faced with a choice of how to proceed in his future, Cormen took Mr. Frost's proverbial " road not taken " (and we mean really not taken).
Instead of moving up through the ranks of pay and prestige that most academics would follow, Cormen leaves his family, in the nearest village with conveniences, late on Sunday, in order to make the journey to a remote village called Fireburn. He returns on Friday after school. This is no ordinary commute.
The journey includes a road, two crank bridges, a 5 mile canoe trip, then a hike through the jungle. During the week he lives in a small room attached to the school house, and lives on tortillas and beans.
Fireburn has never had a student pass the basic Primary School Exam, yet Cormen felt that this post was his calling. Recently Cormen and every family in Fireburn received solar powered WakaWaka Lights from the Grid Earth Project, which like Cormen doesn't mind traveling the road not taken. Whether a village consists of one hundred children or 10, they all deserve the same chance at a safe education.
The use of candles and other dangerous fire based lighting results in millions of deaths annually, through burns and respiratory illnesses. This is happening in approximately one quarter of the world - deaths and illnesses that are unnecessary and that can be stopped today. Cormen expects that the use of the new solar lights will increase his students' performance dramatically, as most are forced to do what homework they can by candle light, if they have it.
After just one year of teach in Fireburn three of the students eligible passed the exam. The Village is pooling together and one of the students will be going on to College. That student wants to study education, and assures Cormen that if he will hang on long enough, she will return to Fireburn, and relieve him of the Teaching post.
Where never before has any student passed the basic exams, education is now flourishing. No matter how small. And no child will ever again risk their safety in order to obtain an education in Fireburn Village.
To find out more about the Grid Earth Project, visit http://www.GridEarth.org. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.