STEM Skills for Rural Kids and Youth in Guatemala

As we get close to the end-of-year, FundaCrea has been celebrating the students who graduated this year and planning for the year ahead.

Join our joy as we celebrate the lives of young people as Wilfredo, who graduated from High School and finished their first year of technical training. It was a hard year for many students, with emotional and financial crisis at home, but these brave Young men and women made it, and we are so grateful for it.

FundaCrea's team has also been reflecting on the lessons learned of this year and planning for the following year. Among them, is the need to change our beneficiaries age range to start from 18 and expand it to 29. Our team has also been working on Budget and fundraising strategies for the following year, as we want to bless more youth.

We've also had planning sessions with our partners, like the principals and teachers of the public school of Piedra Parada, Izabal. As well as with the technical school INTECAP, so we can sponsor more youth in 2024.

Thank you for being so supportive in this blessed year!

The Learning Center will now be located at the Piedra Parada Public School, about 100 meters from the original location. 

It is General Elections year in Guatemala, and a small group of people tried to leverage this moment, blocked the construction of the Center, and demanded we ask the mayor to improve the soccer field so we could set the Learning Lab . So despite the previous consent and written approval from the mayor, local authorities and oficial launch, we had to make a change in location to safeguard the team and equipment.

This was a blessing in disguise because this motivated us to look for an alternative and were pleased to hear that the Public School of the community would like to have the Learning Center within their facilities. We drafted a Memorandum of Understanding to be clear on the terms of use of the Learning Center, and there is a meeting scheduled this week for a final discussion and approval. This new location will allow the children of the Public School of Piedra Parada to have direct Access to the computer lab, and reduce the risk of walking to the original location.

Meanwhile, more laptops were sent to our partners to continue on supporting the youth with tutoring. 

We are also excited for having received Starlink which will be used at the site for accessing high-speed internet for the programs.