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Read the latest Child Aid news and stories, written by our team.
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Online Training Helps Teachers Keep Students Learning During Covid-19 Crisis
Read how teachers like Teresa González Tuch are continuing to teach their students during COVID-19 school shutdown.
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A Teacher’s Stay-At-Home Classroom Keeps Kids Learning
Schools in Guatemala may be closed due the Covid-19 Pandemic, but that doesn’t mean the learning has stopped for our teachers and students. Read about…
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Coaching Helps Teacher Transform His Classroom
Working with a Child Aid literacy coach has helped teacher Tomás Bocel discover new ways of teaching. See how trainers and teachers are working together…
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Educating the Kickball Kid
“German can’t kick!” The children stood around professor Marco Venicio Sela Girón and stared. The jostling class, normally frenetic with movement, stood still. Nearly thirty…
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Video: The Power of Participation
With training and support from Child Aid’s Reading for Life program, teacher Thomás Bocel has ditched the rote, lecture-based techniques that are standard in elementary…
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School Profile – Panabaj School
Profile: The Panabaj school is entering the third year of the Reading for Life program. During the first two years, the Panabaj teachers and their…
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A teacher on a mission to transform her school.
Teacher Cecilia Pos Ajquichí’s eyes light up when she thinks about the possibilities. “My biggest desire is to make this a real library for the…
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Celebrating Reading on World Book Day
Celebrate with us! Check out these great photos of World Book Day activities at Child Aid partner schools in April. Thanks to books and support…
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Boxes of Smiles Arrive in Guatemala
Follow Child Aid books as they journey cross-country! From our office in Panajachel to more than 90 different schools, many of them located in rural…
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Video: Teacher Testimonial – Luis Vicente Saminez
[embed_video id=’voOzAFji74c’] Luis Vicente Saminez teaches fourth grade at Rafael Tellez Garcia Primary School in Solola, Guatemala. In 2016, Child Aid joined with his school…
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New Literacy Trainers Join Child Aid Team
In September, Child Aid added five new literacy trainers to our team. Bringing the total Guatemalan staff to 20 people. The additional staffers mean we are…
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First Training Workshop at Xeatan Alto School
When teachers walk into their first Child Aid workshop, they often don’t know what to expect. Their expectations are usually low. That’s because training for Guatemalan…
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