Cartegena, Colombia, according to a Lonely Planet entry, is the “undisputed queen of the Caribbean coast.” Its azure beaches attract droves of tourists, and its colonial-era buildings and cobblestone lanes served as muse to novelist Gabriel García Márquez. But just a 10-minute drive from this idyll, an expansive slum blankets the hill of Lomas del Peyé. Children there, isolated from city resources and unable to afford transportation to the nearest school, attend classes sporadically, if at all.
In March, the school opened with 893 students; it now accommodates 1,400 and has a capacity for 1,700. Its cafeteria dishes up nearly 1,000 lunches daily, and the facilities are accessible to the surrounding community of 34,000 people.
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