EDUCATION IN GUATEMALA – Children Create History School

A COMMUNITY SCHOOL

May 6, 2020August 13, 2020adminEDUCATION IN GUATEMALA

A Community-Engaged and Donor-Supported School Created to Break the Cycle of Poverty Through Education. San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala on the Map

HOW YOU CAN HELP

April 11, 2020August 13, 2020adminEDUCATION IN GUATEMALA / HOW I CAN HELP

Helping Over 50 At-Risk First Graders Many of San Andrés Itzapa’s young children are simply not prepared to begin primary school, thus cannot perform at their respective grade level. If there is no intervention, most of these children will simply drop out of school, most by age twelve. Only 36% of Guatemalan children complete primary school.…

POORLY EDUCATED IN GUATEMALA

March 30, 2020September 18, 2020adminEDUCATION IN GUATEMALA / HOW I CAN HELP

Only 60% of Guatemalan Adults are Functionally Literate Despite six years of primary education being compulsory in Guatemala, less than 60% of Guatemalans over the age of 15 are functionally literate – one of the lowest literacy rates in the Americas. Only 36% of Guatemalan students complete primary school, only 12% complete high school, and a meager…