Motivated to Learn
Students are now two monthsinto their first semester of 2024 in Guatemala. This year GHA is supporting 54 students with scholarships, including 10 at university level.
Additionally, our 4 preschool classrooms are joyful and exciting places, offering kids creative outlets while preparing them for primary school. Without this kind of headstart, statistics warn that 1/2 of indigenous youth will fail 1st grade and only 30% will finish 3rd grade.
GHA’s tutoring workshops—-refuerzos—-offer help to 60 students weekly, support needed particularly after the disruption to education due to covid. Computer education is being offered for two of our classes of 7-9 year olds.
These lovely women are our extraordinary staff. An important offshoot of our education program is offering continuing education for our teachers. They are motivated learners. Young and college educated, they are strong and empowered, leaders in their communities. We are exceedingly proud of them.
10 families have received wood-conserving, vented Onil stoves, due to one generous advised donation. These will replace unvented fires which cause respiratory problems and often burns and blindness. Conserving wood not only helps keep the hillsides anchored with trees, but also saves considerable labor or cost for the family.
What’s more…..
——We continue extracurricular workshops for our scholarship students and for their mothers. The moms are busy with chicken husbandry, food dehydration, and exploring mental health issues.
—-Our staff has again coordinated with Water4Life to distribute waterfilters in the community. This effort has benefitted nearly 1500 homes to date.
—-Our teachers continue learning compelling approaches to teaching literacy with the guidance of ChildAid, another wonderful nonprofit located around the lake.
We at GHA thank YOU for the opportunity to convert your donations into direct action.
Some of our Littles graduating in November
You can sponsor a student through our website with either a monthy or annual donation. It costs only $25/month to sponsor primary through secondary level students, and $84/month ($1000/yr) for university students. Along with tuition and supplies, our students receive both mentoring and enrichment studies, and their mom’s, too, have the opportunity to expand their horizons with classes.
On behalf of all those who have benefited from this work, we thank our donors, our partners, who have made this possible.
As from its inception, the founding family pays all overhead costs so all other contributions directly fund our programs.
GHA is a 501c3 nonprofit