Starting the national school cycle on February 20th, the Mario López Estrada Foundation through Grupo Onyx’s Horus Energy, continued with the delivery of bags of supplies for children enrolled in the different educational centers near the Solar Plant “Horus Energy ”, located in the municipality of Chiquimulilla.
This is part of its School Support Program called “Energy in your Studies” that since 2017 provides school supplies to 33 educational establishments in Chiquimulilla, of different levels of education: kindergardn, elementary, middle and High-school levels. The only requirement is that the student is enrolled in the national education system.
In 2023, the Program turns 6 years old, and a total of 9,280 bags of supplies have been delivered, which contain: a waterproof bag, notebooks of various characteristics, pens, pencils, sharpeners, scissors, rubber bands, play dough (for kindergarden), crayons, erasers and zippered cases, with an investment of $84 thousand dollars, equivalent to about Q672 thousand quetzales in total for the duration of the program.
The schools benefited this year are:
| Educational Institution | Delivery Date |
| School Astillero Norte | |
| Kindergarden | Jan – 27 |
| Elementary school | Jan – 27 |
| Middle school | Feb – 22 |
| High school | Feb – 22 |
| School Astillero Sur | |
| Kindergarden | Jan – 27 |
| Elementary school | Jan – 27 |
| School El Bebedero | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 21 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 21 |
| School Aldea La Faja | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 23 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 23 |
| Middle school | Mar – 01 |
| School La Morenita | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 28 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 28 |
| School El Campamento | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 28 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 28 |
| Escuela El Ujuxtal | |
| Kindergarden | Mar – 01 |
| Elementary school | Mar – 01 |
| Middle school | Mar – 01 |
| School Caserío Ulapa | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 24 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 24 |
| School Aldea Las Marías | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 23 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 23 |
| School San Antonio El Lajal | |
| Kindergarden | Mar – 02 |
| Elementary school | Mar – 02 |
| School La Corona II | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 24 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 24 |
| School La Unión | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 21 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 21 |
| School La Chacona | |
| Kindergarden | Feb – 22 |
| Elementary school | Feb – 22 |
The Directors of the public schools recognized that thanks to these donations, the attendance of children to schools has increased and, at the same time, school dropout has decreased, since the delivery of new and good quality school supplies not only motivates children to attend school, but also allows parents to send them without incurring the expenses that their purchase represents.
Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, February 23rd, 2023.
