By Kay Sweeney | Managing Director
In Guatemala, the school year begins in January and ends in October for the majority. The schools that offer studies for the weekend, give supplemental courses, or at the university level end in November.
The students have about two months of vacation that they can use to take supplementary courses, refresh themselves, or make up courses they have failed. Among the supplementary courses are dance, music, sports in general, mathematics, and languages of their area or foreign languages. Others work in the fields, in stores that make and sell tortillas, agricultural products, handicrafts, clothing, or work as domestic help.
This month the Kateri Fund scholars are starting back to school. Carmela Paz Bal and Emilsa Peren met with the returning students on Sunday, January 22, 2017. They always are eager to return to school and happy to see their Kateri companions.
They miss the students who graduated in 2016, Glenda To Tum and Ingrid Sotz Cana. For Glenda, her graduation with a certificate to teach was the fulfilment of a dream. She now is looking forward to a teaching position. The whole family celebrated her graduation with her. She told us how much the monthly workshops helped her. They reinforced her self-esteem, helped her value and accept herself, and her culture. Ingrid's career is as a practical nurse. She received very good grades in her practice in the clinic and is looking forward to getting to work helping others.
Your donation supports the accomplishment of these two young women and the year of study ahead for the 2017 scholars. They appreciate the investment you are making in their future.
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