Raising the Literacy Rate in Guatemala
Monday 23 March 2009
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Guatemala has the lowest literacy rate in Latin America. Less than 10% of children enrolled finish high school. Child Aid is working to change that.
Check out this great new video that two of our supporters helped us make. Karena O’Riordan ran around Guatemala for days filming numerous Child Aid libraries and interviewing parents, teachers and librarians. John Kin, a producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting and a longtime supporter of Child Aid, helped us with the idea and put in loads of hours combing through Karena’s footage and putting this video together.
Not only is this a great video (Don’t you agree?), but it’s a perfect example of how our supporters make it possible for us to do things like this without having to spend a bunch of money. That means more money goes to the Guatemalan and Mexican children who need it.
Big thanks to both John and Karena for this! Let us know what you think of the video - and please forward it to your friends!
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18 September 2009 at 2:06am
mafao said:
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25 May 2009 at 7:12pm
MARY O'RIORDAN said:
GOOD VIDEO AND GOOD IDEA TO DO IT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW DESPERATELY NEEDED EDUCATION IS IN THIS REGION. ANYTHING THAT WILL ASSIST CHILDREN WITH EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND IS THE ANSWER TO CIVILIZATION AND WELL BEING OF THE HUMAN RACE.
23 May 2009 at 2:52pm
Rose Mary Schmidt said:
Karena:
ow! What a great video. It is so much like what we are doing in El Salvador and Nicaraugua. Thank you for sharing.
Education is certainly the answer to the health and education of the next generation in Latin Amirica.
Rose Mary
6 April 2009 at 3:04pm
Jeanette Reese said:
Great video, John & Karena! It is so great to see small children so engaged in learning. Helps us know how important our donations are.