Kelly Clobes will be using trash to create an educational treasure in Guatemala.
Through the Hug it Forward multicultural organization, she will help put the finishing touches on a âbottle schoolâ in the community of Xeatzán Bajo, Guatemala, during a âvoluntourâ trip June 9 to give kids the prospect of a better future.
The school has been built in three trips by various volunteers starting in February. Clobesâ group will finish the school and be part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark its completion.
Hug it Forward volunteers use eco-bricks, or plastic bottles stuffed with inorganic trash, to build schools. Clobes, who is president of the Hackett Elementary School PTO and heads up the food pantry at the school, said many kids in Guatemala have to leave school in their early teens to work and donât always have the opportunity to pursue higher education.