School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala
School Meals for Indigenous Children in Guatemala

Summary

This project will help to provide a daily balanced diet in school for over 500 Indigenous children. Often, this will be the children's only meal of the day.

$11,175
total raised
125
donors
0
monthly donors
2
fundraisers
16
years

Challenge

Many children in these communities do not have a balanced diet and recent studies show that Guatemala is on a par with Haiti as the the country with the worst child malnutrition in Latin America. This program aids the development of the children: improves child health improves concentration level improves school attendance improves education improves the potential for the child

Solution

Fruit is provided in the morning, which includes pineapples, bananas, watermelons, cantaloupe, mangoes and oranges; lunch is then provided, including fresh produce, noodles, rice, beans and lentils. To benefit, the children must attend school.

Long-Term Impact

An educated child can potentially increase the family income in the community. To become educated, the child must be reasonably healthy and attend school, the food program has increased attendance and subsequently grades have risen dramatically. Previously many of these children would have missed out on education, now some earn grades which are in the top 10% for the country.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Organization Information

Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Location: London - United Kingdom
Website:
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Project Leader:
Ross Deans
London , London United Kingdom

Funded Project!

Thanks to 125 donors like you, a total of $11,175 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving. Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
   

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