Lets Be Ready

The phrase "Don't lower the goal, increase the effort" I believe is fulfilled in the work that we have all managed to achieve this year. That's right, despite the current situation we continue to work with great enthusiasm and effort. Fundamental qualities both to do our work and to transmit it to our children.

During this year we have had children who have surprised us a lot, because their performance has been noted. So in this report I want to share with you two very interesting stories of children who have worked so hard during the year to get to where they are.

In one of the schools we have in Patzicía, there is Elba. A very enthusiastic and hard-working teacher, who works double-shift taking care of preschool children in the morning and in the afternoon helping elementary school children between 7 and 12 years old, who need reinforcement.

Among the preschool children is Cristian, 5 years old. A very diligent child, who despite having difficulties in the pronunciation of words at first, had a very limited vocabulary and it was difficult for him to retain new knowledge; made significant progress this year. The truth is all this is due to the teamwork between the teacher and Cristian's mother, she was always aware of the tasks. In addition, she took the role of teacher at home very seriously, as she told stories, played games and dynamics so that her children better understand the homework that the teachers sent them. She constantly asked for ideas and suggestions on how she could teach a certain topic. It also supported the program that the Ministry of Education of our country "I learn at home", which was broadcast on television. Cristian complied with doing all the tasks and activities that his teacher assigned him, that helped him develop certain skills, such as: Improve his vocabulary, have better concentration and retention of concepts, associate number with quantity, improve his fine motor skills, pronounce the sounds of the letters that make up the alphabet among others. Elba says that she is very happy and satisfied with Cristian's results, thanks to the interest, effort and dedication that she and the child's mother showed.

In the afternoon session (extracurricular), we met José; who is in first grade and is 7 years old. It has been difficult for her to retain new knowledge, because reading has been very difficult for him He only has the support of her older siblings, because her parents cannot read. In the personalized visits that Elba made, it was noticed that José was not making progress in his reading and writing, despite the help she received at home. So a plan was devised to support her. Elba looked for ideas and simple activities for her to work at home, but first she explained them to the older siblings, so that later when she taught her brother José, he would understand it better. They also relied on homework assigned to them in public school. And once again, thanks to the dedication, effort and teamwork, José has made progress in his reading and writing, he also performs addition and subtraction. He is very happy because now he can understand what he is learning and is better prepared for next year.

It has certainly not been easy this year, but it has been proven that if we do not give up and strive for what we want, it is very likely that we will obtain very good results.

Well, this has been all for now, I hope to write to you again in the next few days to tell you how we finished the cycle. Once again Thank you for supporting all our donors, we love you very much, greetings and hugs from Guatemala.

"A problem is an opportunity to give the best we have"

It is incredible that we are already two months away from the end of the year, but despite the world situation we are going through, we have learned to get ahead with a lot of effort and dedication.

It has not been easy, because the changes we have faced have affected us physically and emotionally. Even so, the moral support shown to each other has helped to overcome those bad times.

I want to tell you that both parents and our children are very happy about the nutritious drink "Chispuditos". Because month by month it is being provided so that they do not stop taking it. Parents have expressed words of gratitude, as they have recognized that it is a necessary and very effective drink for the growth of their children. Most of our teachers are in charge of personally delivering the nutritional drink bag to each of your children; thus ensuring that no one is needed.

Some months ago they were also provided coriander, lettuce, radish and spinach seeds; some teachers to garden at home with each of their children. And taking advantage of the fact that in these months the subject of plants and the process they carry out is taught, most teachers carried out this activity with their group of children. The children loved it, as these types of activities help them to observe more closely the changes of a living being and to acquire responsibility and respect when taking care of a plant. Obviously this was possible, thanks to the help of the parents at home. They have been a very important source of support for all our teachers, thanks to them the progress and goals with our children have been met. In the photos you can see the effort and dedication that the boys put into planting and caring for their plants. Some have already had their first harvest and others have tried again, because the first time it did not work for them.

In our country, on October 1, “Children's Day” is celebrated, but due to circumstances it was not possible to celebrate it with our children. Even so, some teachers ingeniously sent little mementos to their students to cheer them up on their day. Thank God, all of our children are in good health and none of them have been ill with the virus.

With each passing day, we approach the end of the school year. Which has turned out to be full of surprises due to the changes we have undergone. But despite that, we have had very good results with almost most of our children. I hope to write to you next month, to tell you more details about the results obtained with the education of our boys during this year.

Thank you for your donations and God Bless you for your generosity.