By Jennifer McCallum | Assistant to the Guatemalan Director
The school year has well and truly begun!
Recently students at EFTC´s school, The School of Hope, in Guatemala completed their exams for the end of the first Unit. Milestones such as these are amazing to see how our students are thriving and succeeding! Without your generous support we could not provide our students with the holistic support needed for them to overcome the odds stacked against them and break the cycle of poverty.
EFTC´s first ever campaign on GlobalGiving has provided us with the much needed funds to ensure our program continues to provide the support these children deserve but would not have without The School of Hope.
We are only just a little over $7,000 USD short of our current goal for this campaign. Every little bit helps us get one step closer to our goal and has a huge impact here in Guatemala. It is because of your support that our students learn about the world, gain the skills they need to move into gainful employment, learn how to improve their community and have the time and the safety to be children for a little longer. A privilege often taken away too young in Guatemala as children move into the informal workforce often at ages as young as 5 or 6 years old.
This first term here at The School of Hope was filled with innovative classes, new after school clubs for our students, preventative health workshops, Sexual Education classes, Financial Literacy for our older students, we also celebrated Carnival (a huge holiday in Guatemala!) and worked to educate our students not only with the knowledge they need but the values of our Foundation. Check out the photos attached below to see the students who excelled in the "values of the month" for honesty and commitment, as well as some highlights from Carnival and class time.
All of the work that we do here at ETFC requires support from generous people like you - so we hope you'll stay involved with us!
If you're interested in getting more involved with EFTC or The School of Hope (La Escuela Proyecto la Esperanza), you can visit our website at www.eftcusa.org or email Brien, the USA-based Executive Director, at brien@eftcusa.org
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