CHILD AID
917 SW OAK SUITE 208, PORTLAND, OR 97205 www.child-aid.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CHILD AID'S MISSION IS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LITERACY. CHILD AID PROMOTES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LITERACY IN GUATEMALA. WE TRANSFORM HOW LITERACY SKILLS ARE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SO ALL CHILDREN CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION, THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD. WE FOCUS ON RURAL VILLAGES WHERE ILLITERACY DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS INDIGENOUS MAYA PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, AND IN EARLY GRADES WHERE EDUCATION HAS THE LARGEST IMPACT ON LITERACY AND OVERALL LIFE CHANCES. IN THE RURAL HIGHLANDS OF THE STATES OF SOLOL AND CHIMALTENANGO, WE TRAIN TEACHERS WITH SCHOOL- WIDE WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE CLASSROOM COACHING, AND PROVIDE SPANISH- LANGUAGE, GRADE APPROPRIATE BOOKS.

ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT LITERACY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE AN INTEGRATED 4-YEAR INTERVENTION TO CHANGE TEACHER PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH 8 WORKSHOPS AND 16 FOLLOW-UPS OVER THE PERIOD OF THE INTERVENTION. WE CONDUCT ADDITIONAL COACHING AND DEVELOPMENT OF LITERACY ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS. WE ALSO PROVIDE A SIZABLE NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY, SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS. FINALLY, WE PROVIDE BOOKS AND TRAIN LIBRARIANS TO LEAD A SCHOOL- BREAK, BOOK CLUB PROGRAM CALLED ADVENTURES IN READING. IN 2019: 1. WE PROVIDED 141 WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS AT 107 SCHOOLS, COMPRISING 1,002 TEACHERS AND PROVIDED 6,012 INDIVIDUAL COACHING FOLLOW-UP SESSIONS BENEFITING 19,822 STUDENTS. 2. WE DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 35,512 SPANISH-LANGUAGE CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES WE WORKED WITH. 3. WE HELD 34 ADVENTURES IN READING TRAINING WORKSHOPS. WE PROVIDED BOOKS AND TRAININGS THAT LED TO SCHOOLS CARRYING OUT OUR SCHOOL BREAK BOOK CLUB PROGRAM, ADVENTURES IN READING WITH A TOTAL OF 1,113 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING.

GRANTS AND OVERSIGHT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR BROAD EDUCATIONAL MISSION: FUNDIT (FUNDACIN DE DESAROLLO INTEGRAL DE EL TEJAR): SINCE 1996, CHILD AID HAS PARTNERED WITH THIS LOCALLY RUN ORGANIZATION. FUNDIT OPERATES A MONTESSORI-STYLE PRESCHOOL; A COMMUNITY LIBRARY; A SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AND A MUSIC PROGRAM FOR POOR CHILDREN IN THE TOWN OF EL TEJAR, GUATEMALA. CHILD AID PROVIDES THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL, AND FUNDS ONGOING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PRESCHOOL, PRIMARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EL TEJAR. CHILD AID HAS HIRED A FULL-TIME CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE MANAGERIAL AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT OF FUNDIT.

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