Provide Scholarships to Mayan High School Students

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A three-year term of academic, vocational, and leadership education will benefit 48 indigenous students. Scholarships will help educate these students. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In the remote northwestern department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, populated by 75,000 inhabitants, no high school exists for indigenous youth. Graduating high school students will benefit from a specialized education that offers academic, vocational, leadership and development skills. Thirty communities comprising 9,000 people will also benefit as graduating students serve internships to create health, education, and economic improvements in their villages.

Activities

Scholarships will enable these students to learn Mayan history and other academic subjects. These will be supplemented by practical courses such as farm animal management, agriculture, carpentry, health and reforestation with emphasis on leadership.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $30,650
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $127,350
Total Funding Goal: $158,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The long-term impact is that education contributes to the larger community. The ultimate goal is that the training helps bring about positive and lasting improvements in social and economic conditions for all community members.

Project Message

The Mayan Center will provide Mayan youth with a high quality education that would otherwise be unavailable and is essential to their betterment as my education was to my development.
- Francis Lenski, Board Member

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Frances Dixon,
President
1264 NE 156th Street
North Miami Beach, Florida 33162
United States
305-948-0730
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala Logo Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala
1264 NE 156th Street
North Miami Beach, Florida 33162
United States
305-948-0730
http://www.adoptavillage.com/

Learn more about Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala and the project team.


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Educational Materials for 48 Mayan HS Students
Educational Materials for 48 Mayan HS Students

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guatemala and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 08, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

August 2008 Update

By Mark Latham - Adopt-A-Village Board of Directors, August 08, 2008 06:41 PM

The Main (school) building of the Mayan Center is now 95% complete, with solar power systems now being added. Potential students at the school have been attending practical classes on veterinary training, carpentry and other trades given by visiting volunteer professionals. In turn, these young Mayans have plied their newly acquired skills into helping with the raising of animals for food and the construction of furniture such as desks, chairs, benches, bookcases and beds. They have also been working on the construction of small dormitory houses, since most if not all the full time students that will be attending the school when it opens come from villages many hours drive (or days walk) from the center and will need lodging and food.

The creation of the center is a monumental achievement that is owing to the generosity of our donors and volunteers and the hard work of the residents of the surrounding villages. For the first time in this area of Guatemala, Maya youth who qualify for admission will have the opportunity to receive a high school education and all the benefits such an education will provide.

The need for funding for scholarships is now more imperative than ever, since the school plans to open shortly once final permits to hold a full academic curriculum are received by the organization from the Government. Applications for scholarships are currently being distributed to and accepted from students completing Grade 9 this year.

Local educators will have to be paid to teach and live at the center, and it is through student scholarships that much of this money will be obtained.

AAV continues to fund-raise for students’ scholarships. As the center nears completion, the need for scholarship funds becomes more immediate and critical. The Maya need financial assistance to realize their long-denied dream of obtaining an education that will afford them the skills they need to improve their own lives and those of their fellow villagers. Please join us in this endeavor. To those who have already provided donations for scholarships, AAV thanks you on behalf of the very appreciative Maya.

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