A World of Reading for Maya Children in Guatemala
Summary
Help build a school library and reading room for indigenous children in Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan to improve literacy, academic skills, and self esteem.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Indigenous children in Panabaj often leave primary school as functional illiterates, with poor academic skills and low self-esteem. Their school is crowded, has few resources, and offers little space for reading and writing activities. With no lending libraries in their village, children have little chance of growing into literate adults. A lending library at the school will provide a place for children to build their literacy skills and borrow books to read and share with family members
Activities
Community volunteers will use local materials to convert a school room into a library that will support literacy activities and give elementary school children the opportunity to bring home books, creating a culture of learning in their families.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $9,320
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $1,680
Total Funding Goal: $11,000
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will improve literacy of the children, helping them become protagonists of their own education. The library will support classroom activities and bring reading into the home where it benefits entire families. Community involvement increa
Project Message
“Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.”
- Kofi Annan, Former United Nations Secretary-General
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Rosemary Trent
Executive Director
PO Box 11486
Washington, DC 20008
United States
202-302-0622
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Pueblo a Pueblo, Inc.
P.O. Box 11486
Washington,
DC
20008
United States
202-302-0622
http://www.puebloapueblo.org
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 10, 2009
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