GARIFUNA-ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL
PRIMERA ESCUELA PILOTO DE EDUCACION BILINGÜE DE LAS LENGUAS INGLES Y GARIFUNA EN HONDURAS, 2005
FIRST GARIFUNA-ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN HONDURAS, 2005
THIS SCHOOL IS THE EFFORT OF THE GARIFUNA COMMUNITY OF EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ, IN THEIR EFFORT TO PRESERVE THEIR GARIFUNA LANGUAGE, THE SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED THE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TERESA REYES PRESIDENT OF THE “PATRONATO PILOTO” IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOL HAS ALSO BEEN THE RESULT OF THE LAND STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND THE WELTHY ELITE WHO HAVE MADE THE AGENDA TO GET THE GARINAGU OFF THE BEAUTIFUL BEACH LANDS ALONGSIDE THE ATLANTIC COAST (NORTHERN HONDURAS) WHERE THEY SETTLED SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL FROM YURUMEIN (SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 1797)
GARIFUNA YOUTH IN LOS ANGELES, AT THE BLAZER LEARNING CENTER, JESSEY MANAIZA AND RUBEN REYES JR. ASSISTING PACKAGING COMPUTERS AND BOOKS, 2004
TIDAN IYAWAÜ TO LACHÜLÜRÜÑA RUBEN REYES MERIGAGIEN LUN LADEREGARUN FÉIGIEDU GARÜDIAGEI TUN LUBAN FURENDEI LÁNINA IÑEÑEI GARIFUNA-ALUNDUNA TRONPU. LODU LE, LÍDANGIEN TÍDEHAN ÓUNDARUNI WAFADAHA ÚWARA TUMA “BLAZER LEARNING CENTER”, LÓUNAGÜLE FARADIU, MERIGA.
IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH MR. RUBEN REYES HAS ARRIVED TO HONDURAS WITH A LOAD OF BOOKS FROM THE BLAZER LEARNING CENTER IN LOS ANGELES TO BE THE INITIATION FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ, HONDURAS. WAFADAHA UWARA, AND TRANSPORTES ULUA PROVIDED THE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL THE BOOKS FROM LOS ANGELES TO HONDURAS, AND CODDETT (COMITTE DE DEFENZAS DE TIERRAS TRIUNFEÑAS) MADE THE HANDLING POSSIBLE FROM PUERTO CORTES, TO “TRONPU” (EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ).
EN ESTA FOTOGRAFÍA EL SEÑOR RUBEN REYES ARRIVA DE LOS ANGELES CON UN CARGAMENTO DE LIBROS DE TEXTOS Y LETERATURA DESTINADOS POR “THE BLAZER LEARNING CENTER, LOS ANGELES, PARA LA ESCUELA BILINGÜE DE LA COMUNIDAD DE EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ, HONDURAS. WAFADAH ÚWARA Y TRANSPORTES ULÚA PROPORCIONARON EL TRANSPORTE DESDE LOS ANGELES HASTA HONDURAS Y CODDETT (COMITTE DE DEFENZAS DE TIERRAS TRIUNFEÑAS) PROPORCIONÓ EL ACARREO DESDE LA ADUANA EN PUERTO CORTES HASTA EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ.
LAU SARAGU LILAMA FURENDEI HACHÜLAGUA IRAHÜÑÜ LUN HÍDEHAN.
“BIG” HELP HAS ALSO ARRIVED IN SMALL SIZES TO RECEIVE THE LOAD, TO UNLOAD AND TO ORGANIZE THE BOOKS IN SHELVES. THESE SMALL CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE AND COULD NOT WAIT FOR THE MEN TO GET THE JOB DONE.
“GRAN AYUDA” ACABA DE LLEGAR EN TAMAÑOS PEQUEÑOS A RECIBIR LA CARGA, DESCARGAR Y A ORGANIZARLA EN LIBREROS. ESTOS MENORES ESTÁN TAN AMBRIENTOS DE SABER QUE NO ESPERARON A QUE LLEGARAN LOS HOMBRES DE LA COMUNIDAD Y SE TOMARON LA LABOR EN SUS MANOS.
PHOTO (LEFT) MY SISTER TERESA REYES AND I IN TELA, 1984, PHOTO (RIGHT) ORGANIZING BOOKS IN THE SHELF OF THE FIRST COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIBRARY IN TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ, 2005.