Education Guatemala Project #29605

Empower a Girl in Guatemala: Education after COVID

by Fundacion para el desarrollo integral de programas socio-economicos FUNDAP

Empower a Girl in Guatemala: Education after COVID

Project Report | Mar 28, 2019
The impact of education on vulnerable girls

By Beatriz Gandara | Project Leader

One of the aims of basic education is to comprehensively train young people in aspects such as: values, leadership, personal identity and appropriate use of technology so that it can help them make better decisions.

The data generated by the project shows that of 10 young people who finish sixth grade 5 continue their studies of high school, possible only through the donations received, with this information we have implemented strategies that allow the girls granted a scholarship to keep in school and create awareness to the families regarding the accompaniment provided by the project.

At the end of 2018, the results at the national level showed that of a total of 804,958 young people enrolled, 70% won the degree, while at the project level the promotion was 96%, this is due to the follow-up provided to each young woman and the commitment that the families have with the project, showing regular attendance to the classes, delivery of tasks, better performance, which creates significant changes in their communities.

That is to say, the young women are taking advantage of this opportunity to advance their education, such as Nory, from the community of Santa Fe Parish, Department of Retalhuleu, who has been in 8th grade of high school and understands the importance of schooling to achieve her goals of being a professional and generate improvements in her life.

Nory has only the support of her mother who goes out every day to work in domestic trades and wash clothes at home, always focused on offering better conditions and supporting her daughters with their studies; while Nory in the afternoon supports her mother with the care of her younger sister at home.

She explains that studying the high school cycle is a privilege that not all young women in the community have, she says: “It saddens me to see how several of my primary school friends did not have the opportunity to continue studying,” reason why she is committed to finish high school, strive to improve her grades every day and support her mom, because she knows that this way she can improve their living conditions.

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Mar 4, 2019
The significance of a scholarship

By Beatriz Gandara | Project Leader

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Through granted scholarships in the last 4 years, 10,594 girls have benefited with the overall goal of strengthening their skills and at the same time allow them to discover their own potential. It is important to mention that the girls and young women benefited by the project are people who live in areas vulnerable to school dropout and have economic difficulties. Despite these circumstances, the scholarship has been essential for 98% of beneficiaries that have been promoted.

At the national level, MINEDUC (Educational ministry from Guatemala) statistics for 2016 mention that the dropout rate at the primary level was 3.02%, in the basic cycle it was 5.18% and at the general level of the scholarship project during the 2018 school year it was 1%. Which means that all the efforts are giving positive results.

As in the case of an ex-scholarship student who comments: “The FUNDAP scholarship has been a vital component in finishing school, what I valued the most was the follow up the follow-up, because during the 6 years of support I discovered my potential and how important is the education of women.” Mildred, former scholar, explains that the scholarship is fundamental and a privilege, that is, what she values most is the support she received during that period and she hopes that many girls have the opportunity she had.

Thanks to the donations received, Estefani continues her scholarship for second year with support and accompaniment, when the primary education cycle ended due to financial difficulties her parents decided that they wouldn’t support her to continue her educations, despite her good academic results. However, with the scholarship today she has the privilege of continuing her studies and her improvement has allowed her make plans for her future.

Donate $14 today to help us secure additional funding for the year!

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Feb 1, 2019
Barriers to Girls' Education

By Beatriz Gandara | Project Leader

One of the main causes of school dropout is: Poverty, since it is the biggest barrier to access education, its worth to mention that: in the whole world, 1 out of 5 adolescents do not attend school, in comparison with the proportion of children of primary school age, which is 1 out of 11. Therefore, adolescents are twice as likely to be without schooling. As mentioned in the report recently made by Unicef on education.

The culture, the economy and the lack of adequate educational centers are barriers that prevent young girls from continuing their studies. To start the school year, one of the challenges that young girls face is the purchase of school uniforms and shoes (for daily use and physical education). At the same time, they must buy school supplies to start their studies. The purchase of supplies and uniforms is not a family-priority, which makes families prioritize the purchase of food rather than send their children to school, which gives an effect of drop-outs.

Derived from this problem, the scholarship project makes the delivery of a kit with school supplies to each girl, in order to encourage enrollment in schools and start classes with basic conditions.

Thanks to your donation, 28 young girls continue their studies in high school level and as a result of the donations received during the year 2018, the support to 8 more girls in the first grade of high school level begins. With this, a total of 36 girls will be supported through a scholarship for the current year 2019.

One of the young women that has benefit from the program is Evelin, who is 14 years old and studies the second grade of basic education in the community’s educational center.

Among her challenges to start the school year was the purchase of school supplies and shoes; and through the project she has been given a kit of school supplies so that she can begin her educational process. It should be noted that since her primary education, she has been a distinguished student with high grades and having a good behavior.

She is committed to her studies for the opportunity to have the scholarship and the support she receives from her parents has been transcendental to continue studying.

Your donation has been important so that the lives of the young women take a turn and visualize an educational future with better opportunities, which allows them to break the cycle of poverty in which they live.

“Thank you very much, your contribution is changing lives”.

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