By Jeannie Balanda | Executive Director
Forty lucky girls received scholsrships this past May. MayaWorks funds partial scholarships to defray the cost of school attendance to ensure girls will stay in school. Their mothers, MayaWorks' artisan partners, pay the rest of the cost of attendance with the money they earn from weaving MayaWorks products.
Most of our artisan partners have not attended school beyond the third grade and many have never stepped a foot inside of a classroom. They have struggled to learn to read and they have struggled to learn basic math. From personal experience the women know how important an education is for girls. Because of this, they commit to sending their daughters to school with their earnings. In turn, MayaWorks commits to supporting the artisans as they strive to educate their daughters.
We are proud of the mothers' and daughters' achievements. Most have stayed in school to graduate high school and more and more young women are going on to college. What makes us most proud is that many of the graduates come back to support the younger girls as they pursue their school dreams.
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