2nd Collection

The Second Collection for March is for the Sienna Project, an organization suggested by Ginny Stillman. The Sienna Project envisions building schools in small indigenous mountain villages (cantons) in the Highlands of Guatemala, where there may not be enough classrooms or no classrooms at all. The national government pays teacher salaries, but does not provide funds for school buildings. In many indigenous villages children never go to school.
The Sienna Project recognizes that attending school translates into opportunity. That’s why our first school building was erected in Agua Viva, Guatemala during February 2007.
This project is intended as a living memorial to Sienna Lavanhar, the daughter of the Reverend Marlin and Anitra Lavanhar. Sienna died suddenly and unexpectedly three days after her third birthday. The project was initiated by her grandfather, Martin Lavanhar and uncle, Derek Lavanhar, who have established non profit organizations (NGOs) in both the US and Guatemala to make it happen.
For more info, check out the web site at http://www.siennaproject.com.