2020-21 Enrichment/Workshops for 120 Scholars

Guatemala has been hit hard by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and schools and teachers had to reinvent teaching either via online school, on TV, or by providing weekly worksheet guides. After another tough year, the country is completing its second academic school year with remote learning. Although, the Guatemalan government stated in January 2021 that the new school year would start with a hybrid model, the majority of public and private schools didn’t have the conditions and infrastructure needed to guarantee a safe return to school.

These last two years have meant living through various financial, physical and mental crises. The remote learning, isolation from friends and peers, and the canceling of extracurricular social activities have severely affected our adolescents.

Due to the poor quality of education and the lack of face-to-face classes in the schools, CasaSito´s enrichment activities and psychological support have become even more important to our scholars. The classes, such as Math, English, Debate, Art and Theatre of the Oppressed amongst others, allowed our scholars to follow their passions and talents, obtain and build new skills and knowledges outside of the “classroom” and share their fears, worries and insecurities with our staff.

We are convinced that our program helped our scholars to overcome the negative emotional and social effects of the pandemic and hope that we can go fully back to face-to-face classes in 2022.