Welcome to Mirna's Page
I am still working on this page about my wife
and why she is actually the legal owner of the private school that is the
central focus of our strictly nonprofit educational project.
The short story is:
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It is Mirna's Dream to do something to help the poor children
of her country. She grew up poor and had very little access to quality education
herself. She has struggled hard to learn about the world, finishing high
school and learning English as an adult. Besides being the person in charge
of the daily operations of CBS, she is currently learning French and wants
to go on to University just as soon as she has time. She is also learning
first hand about the big difference a quality education can make in the
lives of the poorer children in her country.
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Mirna is the legal owner of school instead of a registered
NGO or other legal entity for two very simple reasons. One, our funds are
very limited and the legal costs of establishing the appropriate entities
in Honduras are more than it cost us to build and outfit several classrooms
and two, we considered that it would be much easier and more efficient get
the school up and running if Mirna and I could make the required decisions
between us without needing to refer everything to a board. It is quite possible
that we would still be discussing the school's architectural design instead
of figuring out how many buses we need to take over 200 students on an excursion
if we had to get 9 board members to agree before taking the next step.
- Although an official Honduran nonprofit entity might make it a little easier
on occasions and our plans definitely include establishing one for the long
term, it does not rank as high on our list of priorities as more classrooms,
books and computers. Regarding our actual nonprofit operation, we keep detailed
and transparent books on all our building and operating expenses and will
happily make these available to anyone who is interested.
And now, here is a photo of Mirna supervising the school's performance
on Independence day parade 2005.
She doesn't wear sunglasses very often but she had stayed up all night making
sure that everything was ready for us to start the parade on time very early
that morning and wanted to insure that her tired eyes did not detract from her
otherwise incredibly bright, cheery and energetic persona.
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