Help Us Secure School Supplies
BECA seeks to provide our students and teachers with access to high quality educational materials. Since many school supplies are exorbitantly expensive in Honduras (due to import costs, etc.) we seek donations of relevant supplies. Donations can be sent to BECA's New York address. Please call before sending materials. Also, please note that we refrain from sending items to Honduras that are not relevant to our students' learning. For example, American history books - while interesting - are less relevant to the educational goals we have for our students.
Please note, if you are planning a trip to Honduras, we are always looking for assistance in transporting goods.
Particularly useful items include:
Literature/Book & Library Resources
- Leveled Reader Sets (in English) for younger grades*
- Multiple copies of young adult fiction/non-ficton for older grades
- Beginning reader books (in English)
- Children's literature in English and/or Spanish
- Young adult literature in English and/or Spanish
- Reference materials in English and/or Spanish
- National Geographic Magazines
- Other educational magazines/periodicals
- Library catalogue card pockets
- Index cards
- Science textbook sets for all grades – teachers' edition much appreciated too
- Math textbook sets for all grades - teachers' edition much appreciated too
- Especially needed are texts for:
- Pre-Algebra,
- Algebra 1, and
- Geometry (+ other 7 th , 8 th and 9th grade appropriate resources)
Arts and crafts
- Glitter, googly eyes, scrap fabric etc etc etc
- Tempera Paint and paintbrushes
- Gluesticks and regular glue
- Tape (regular, duct, double-sided, etc)
- Scissors
- Construction Paper
- Laminating paper
- Sewing Machine (simple and safe enough for students)
First aid and health/well-being
- Disposable rubber gloves
- Neosporin
- Band-Aids and bandages
- Children's aspirin
- Mosquito repellent
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste
- Children's multi-vitamins
Music
- Guitars
- Recorders
- Drumsticks
- etc
Sports equipment
- balls of all kinds
- jumpropes
- volleyball net
- basketball backboard/hoop and net x2
Other Resources
- Puzzles
- Educational Games
- Legos and other educational toys
- Flashcards
- Rubbermaid storage bins – big and small (for keeping supplies free of dust & bugs)
- Ziploc bags (the big size – to be used in our library loan system for sending books home)
- Plastic hole-punched sheet protectors (for preserving lesson plans & students' work)
- Tupperware drawers
- Binders and other file organization resources
- Hole Punches
- Classroom easels
Technology Needs
- Computer projector
- Computers(we have collected these already – and will need to ship them to you from Indianapolis , IN and Maryland)
- Surge Protectors (power source is incredibly unreliable and surges are common)
- Educational software for ages 4-15
- tape/cd players for classrooms
Laboratory Needs
- Science safety equipment
- Goggles and aprons (adult size)
- Science Lab equipment
- Glass (pyrex) beakers with metric measurements (500 ml, 1 L, 250 ml, etc)
- Graduated cylinders with metric measurements
- Test tubes (with stoppers) and test tube rack
- Ring stands and rings and clamps
- Wire test-tube holders (clamps)
- Thermometers with Celsius measurements
- Stopwatches
- Tape measures
- Meter sticks
- Whistles
- Hot plates, electric
- Microscopes
- BIG junior-high level Periodic Table poster
- Periscope
- Agar and petri dishes with covers
- Calculators
- Paint (spray or regular) that turns surfaces into magnetic or chalkboard-like
- Chemical items
- Copper wire
- Iron filings
- Bar magnets (the kind that are shaped like a bar)
Furniture/Infrastructure
- Teacher desks and classroom storage
- Folding table
- Classroom Storage Cubbies
- Colorful wall paint for walls of classrooms and/or exterior paint for creating murals with the students
- One air conditioner for our library/computer laboratory, a room measuring approximately 20'X25' (our computers “die” very quickly because the room is so hot).