1. Childrens Needs & Education Brenda Sandoval Tristan Solano Matt Almaraz Kent Ratliff Brandon Obregon Cindy Bugarin

2. Finding a Need First, we wanted to work with animals We were unable to do this We worked with children

3. San Antonios Need San Antonio has the highest number of high school drop outs in Texas and in the nation

5. Current Events Organizations such as CRIN and One Laptop per Child are working globally to help solve the problem of underprivileged children and childrens needs and education.

6. Interviews We interviewed Grace Harden, the volunteer coordinator at urban connections. The community garden will be feeding people for years and the bookshelf provides storage space for more books, so that will help the children to learn

7. Global Scale

8. The percentage of children enrolled in the last grade of primary education who continue to the secondary level the following year, 2001/02

9. Community Services

10. Childrens Museum where kids play to learn and adults learn to play

11. Urban Connection-San Antonio is a holistic, faith-based, human and community development organization. "Building Genuine Community, One Person At A Time!"

12. Our Plan We wanted to: remove the tree stump Give a bookshelf Build a Community garden

13. Preparing for the Project We had to set up volunteer support, get tools and supplies. We did a needs assessment for Urban Connections and designed our project to fit those needs.

14. Impact

15. Personal Reflections

16. Special Thanks Grace Harden Robin Wilkinson Grace Harden: Volunteer Coordinator Robin Wilkinson: Master Gardener Alfonso Santos: Built the Bookshelf Our Parents: For dealing with us

17. Works Cited "Urban Connections." Urban Connections. 2008. Urban Connections. 15 Apr 2009. "How many children in Africa." UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 01/2006. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 15 Apr 2009. "San Antonio Children's Museum." SAKIDS.org. 2005. San Antonio Children's Museum. 15 Apr 2009.