Educating underserved children in Maya communities in Guatemala

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Esperanza

TEACH supported this site from 2013 through 2016. The government has assumed support for the site.

A boat ride down a narrow channel and a 40-minute hike take visitors to Calix Nacimiento, where the Esperanza de Río Dulce school is located to serve students from that village and five others. The local community development organization has built dormitories for both girls and boys. By using government-developed videos, the three TEACH-supported teachers are able to provide in-depth instruction in all the subject areas required for this educational level.

Access to this site begins with a 20-minute boat ride through small canals and shallow water.

Then it continues with a 40-minute hike through corn fields, up and down mountains, and over rivers to get to the village of Calix Nacimiento, where the school, “Esperanza de Río Dulce” (“Hope for the Río Dulce region”), is located.

Some students welcoming the group who traveled to Guatemala representing TEACH.

Students gathered to listen to motivational talks from their teachers and TEACH Board Members

One of the teachers explaining to his class measuring, proportions, and balance. He made the scale he is using.

This butterfly also put on a show for the TEACH group during their hike to the school.

The two story boarding facility for the boys (there is a girls one as well)

Members of the TEACH board, meeting with the teachers and the community association leaders

The three Basico teachers with the TEACH sign and Dictionary given as gifts

Two adorable boys hanging around the TEACH representatives

STARTS WITH YOU

Esperanza

Access to this site begins with a 20-minute boat ride through small canals and shallow water.

Then it continues with a 40-minute hike through corn fields, up and down mountains, and over rivers to get to the village of Calix Nacimiento, where the school, “Esperanza de Río Dulce” (“Hope for the Río Dulce region”), is located.

Some students welcoming the group who traveled to Guatemala representing TEACH.

The classroom

Students gathered to listen to motivational talks from their teachers and TEACH Board Members

One of the teachers explaining to his class measuring, proportions, and balance. He made the scale he is using.

This butterfly also put on a show for the TEACH group during their hike to the school.

The two story boarding facility for the boys (there is a girls one as well)

Members of the TEACH board, meeting with the teachers and the community association leaders

The three Basico teachers with the TEACH sign and Dictionary given as gifts

Two adorable boys hanging around the TEACH representatives

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