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Above are Guest Speakers Gina Regan and Garrett Fenchel from The Rotary "Guatemala Literacy Project".
Gina is the Senior Development Coordinator and Garrett the Development Associate of Guatemala Literacy Project.
The Guatemala Literacy Project promotes lifelong reading and writing skills in Guatemala by providing badly-needed textbooks, reading materials, teachers training, and computers to impoverished schools. The goal is to ensure that no child in Guatemala grows up without the gift of both traditional and technological literacy.
Guatemala has one of the lowest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere. In some regions, more than one out of every three adults cannot read or write. A Contributing factor to Guatemala’s literacy crisis is the near-absence of reading materials. Over 90% 0f the schools lack textbooks; many have no functioning computers. Guatemalan schoolchildren graduate without the skills needed to get good jobs and break the cycle of poverty.
The Guatemala Literacy Project matches international Rotary clubs with needy schools in Guatemala. These clubs raise funds to purchase textbooks, reading materials and/or computers. – and have the opportunity to see these fund matched up to 3.5 to 1 by The Rotary Foundation on a Global Grant. One hundred present of GLP donations goes directly to supporting the project. Zero percent goes to GLP administration or fundraising.
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