Education for 400 children in Guatemala

I hope all is well. It has been a great few months on the projects and to make it even better, GlobalGiving will be matching all individual donations to this page up to $50 by 50% between today, Tuesday 25th March to Friday 28th March. It would be fantastic if you could donate and take advantage of this extra matching and thank you in advance. 

This year we will be supporting fifty students with disabilities in a small school on the lake. Each student will receive school materials which will ease the economic burden on their families. The school has very few teachers due to lack of governmental funding so Gaspar, our project manager, will also volunteer at the school as an assistant when he can. More schools have been identified over the past couple of months which we will support with classroom materials. Over time we will see what further help we can provide.

Our secondary school and college students are into their third month of classes. We are supporting one hundred students from several communities in secondary and college education. We are also supporting three hundred primary school students with materials so they remain in school rather than dropping out due to lack of school books and pencils. 

Work continues on the new centre for Plan Costura in one of our communities whilst meetings are held to start a new plan in another community which will provide opportunities for dozens of teenagers and mothers.

Many thanks for all your support for the projects and we’ll be in touch in the next couple of months with a further update.

Cheers