Education for 400 children in Guatemala

As 2021 draws to a close we would like to thank first and foremost all the local teachers for continuing to teach the students to the best of their ability with the resources available, whether this was in limited classroom-based environments or heading out to their homes when they could to give out and collect homework and set topics in the students’ textbooks. Thank you also to everyone who has supported the projects this year in what has once again been a very difficult time all round.

Our first priority in 2022 is obviously to keep the projects going and the students educated. Once this has been achieved we can start implementing more sustainable income plans with the families which will provide them with continued income into the future.

We are increasing the number of secondary, college and University scholarship students in Guatemala to one hundred from seven different communities. Many are mature students with serious underlying health conditions who couldn’t continue studying without the scholarships. We will be building a bigger area for our Plan Costura sewing business for single mothers as demand is outstripping available space! More mothers are entering the programme as the income helps them with any extra costs for their children in primary school, like textbooks.

We are now helping to cover education from primary school to University through scholarships and sustainable plans, which was our original aim, and a further step towards reaching our goal of facilitating education to between 600-1000 students a year.

Thank you all once again for your continued support and all the best for 2022.

cheers