Empowering Guatemalan Youth to Promote Literacy
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesRosmery is one of our teen reading promoters. Her parents are uneducated yet she aspires to be a teacher, "I want to show that a girl can be something in this world." Earning just $100/month her family cannot afford her $500/year school fees. Our program allows her to continue studying AND empowers her with confidence and pride as she brings a love of reading to children in her community where there is a 50% illiteracy rate, no means to buy books, no library, nor even textbooks in the school. ActivitiesWe empower teens to promote literacy. The ability to read enables children to envision and create a better life for themselves. Maria, leader of a local women's group said, "Literacy is vital to our children's future. There is no more land to farm." Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: £33,381 ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThis project will develop local leaders, increase the number of high school graduates (currently 5%), and break the cycle of illiteracy in the communities where we work -- creating the opportunities the children need to fulfill their potential. Project Message
I am enclosing a check because of what books have meant in my life. These kids deserve no less. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Linda Smith, Project SponsorOrganisation
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For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on January 12, 2012. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 22, 2009. Latest Update from the FieldThe Trip of a LifetimeBy Linda Smith - Founder and Director, Reading Village, January 12, 2012 04:50 PM
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