Guatemala has over 12 million people in territory about the same size as Central Ontario. Over 65% are Mayan. Over 40% are under the age of fourteen. Mayans are poor people. Most live traditional farm and village life where it is a struggle to feed and house families.
While the nation funds education up to grade six, many families are too poor to send their children to school, too poor to provide pencils, paper, books, shoes, clothes. Many children are at work by age six, gathering wood, shining shoes, working in gardens.
Families make great sacrifices to educate children. After the sixth grade tuitions are charged by the secondary schools and colleges.
There can be no better investment than to help families give children formal education. $110 USD will fund a child in primary school. $300 USD will provide the basics for a teenage boy or girl in a secondary school.
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