Friends and Donors,
10 years!!! GHA celebrated its 10th year as a nonprofit in October, supporting the educational and housing needs of indigenous communities in Guatemala’s highlands.
While in 2020 our attention and finances were necessarily diverted to pandemic related humanitarian aid, by January of this year, 2021, we were back to our primary missions.
Only in recent months have vaccines started becoming available, and distribution has been unequal. Solola, the Department in which GHA works, is 98% indigenous Maya and has had little access. Schools have been open only sporadically, and students, without books or computers, have struggled to keep up. In response, this year GHA created tutoring centers in 4 communities. The students whose education GHA sponsors, as well as many others in these towns, now receive individualized attention using the Montessori model.
This year our mothers’ workshops expanded to include both communal and private vegetable gardens. Besides providing needed nutrition, the women can grow enough to market to better support their families.
GHA is again replacing dirt floors in homes with cement. This has a dramatic effect, and has a relatively minor cost, on average less than $200 per house. According to a World Bank study, a cement floor reduces parasites in the home by 78%, diarrhea by 49%, anemia by 81%. Children’s cognitive development improves by 36-98% as the child is no longer competing with parasites for energy.
So, now, 10 years in GHA has accomplished a lot. With the help of our donors we have:
We couldn’t do this without the support from you, our partners. On behalf of the many families who have benefited, we thank you.
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