At the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North's Lunch Meeting on April 30, 2020, the club had the first speaker on Zoom during the COVID-19 crisis.
Our lunch speaker was Christina Eisenberg, an Ambassador of the Guatemala Literacy Project. The Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) is one of the largest grassroots, multi-club, multi-district projects in Rotary. More than 600 clubs and 80 districts have been working together since 1997 to improve education for underserved students in Guatemala. In that time, nearly 225,500 students have been served through four sustainable programs that are tested and proven to work. In 2017, RI President Ian Riseley called the GLP “the gold standard of Rotary projects” for its sustainability and impact.
Christina said, "the GLP partners with impoverished communities to implement four complementary programs.":
- Reading: Trains teachers in effective reading instruction and provides them with quality children’s literature.
- Textbooks: Provides textbooks to middle schools and trains teachers to use them effectively in the classroom.
- Computers: Teaches students to use technology to solve real-world problems so they can secure better jobs.
- Youth Development: Transforms young lives through youth development, social support, and scholarships.
Lastly Christina told us how we can get involved in the Project.
To get involved CLICK HERE.
