By Fatima | Scholar
Dear sponsor, I am Fatima, a baccalaureate scholar of the Fondo Guadalupe Musalem. I want to share with you that I am 15 years old and I am originally from Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Mixe, Oaxaca, Mexico. My mother tongue is Mixe or Ayuuk.
I am currently in the first year of high school in the same town. During elementary school and part of high school I participated as an acrobat and trapeze artist with the cultural group "Comuneros del Viento.”
When I read the call for the FGM scholarship I gathered all the documents and submitted them; that day I was very nervous, afraid of not fulfilling the requirements, but it was an incredible experience.
Weeks later they told me that I was selected to be part of the Fondo Guadalupe Musalem. I was so shocked and excited that I even cried with joy. In the time I have been a participant I have learned a lot, topics such as: sexuality, writing texts, how to avoid violence, and lessons that in general support me in the school, family and social environments.
For example, recently two graduates of the Fund spoke to us about teenage pregnancy and that in my community most of the girls drop out of school because they do not have enough information, so that by 20 years old or before many young women have up to three children.
The course that Karina and Gabriela gave us opened my eyes because the cases are real, but these issues are often not commonly discussed anywhere or in the classrooms.
In my community I participate in the talks of the program Prospera together with my mother and other ladies, supporting the assistant of the courses. Now with the topic that they taught us about teenage pregnancy in the Fondo Guadalupe Musalem I will be able to help and share this knowledge with my companions.
I have also learned many things from my FGM classmates and their communities, from my tutors and all those who are part of the Fund. It all helps to not give up and move forward because not all young women continue their studies for different reasons and this scholarship is one of the reasons not to stop fighting for our goals.
I appreciate your donations that allow us to continue with our education; we are a group of young women willing to share everything we learn with our families and our communities.
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