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When librarian Ivonne Barrientos woke up one morning last week, she was looking forward to a big day. But she didn’t realize just how big it would be. For the past month, Ivonne had been busy coordinating and promoting her library’s new school break program, Adventures in Reading, in the Kaqchikel-speaking village of Tzumpango, Guatemala. […] Continue Reading

Back in October, we announced the completion of a new library in the remote village of Xojolá, Guatemala. The project was completed thanks to funds provided by our partner organization, Miracles in Action. With the new facility, the Xojolá library can now host reading programs for more than 110 children a day. The original building […] Continue Reading

When Brenda Hunsberger turned 50 earlier this year, she skipped the presents and decided to use the occasion to make a difference. After reading about our educational work with indigenous children, she contacted Child Aid and set out to raise enough money to support our Reading for Life program in the village of Santa Lucía […] Continue Reading

We just received exiting news from Guatemala. Construction is complete on the new library in Xojolá, a remote K’iché Mayan village southwest of Lake Atitlán. The new library will serve as a hub for learning and literacy for hundreds of children in Xojolá and surrounding villages. For these tiny communities, the facility is a major […] Continue Reading

Today, a grand total of 50,737 children’s books arrived at Child Aid’s book warehouse, near Chimaltenango, Guatemala. And it wasn’t easy getting them there! After shipping them down from the United States, we had to get them through customs in Guatemala, onto the semi-truck and up the steep western slopes of the Sierra Madre mountains. […] Continue Reading

This month, ten teenage musicians from a small town in Guatemala will have the opportunity of a lifetime. They will board a plane and fly to North Carolina to perform at the 35th annual Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), in the town of Black Mountain. For the Guatemalan teens, who are rarely able to leave […] Continue Reading

Saturday’s Color Run in Portland, Oregon, was a big success! Over 15,000 people, including nearly 100 Child Aid volunteers (Thank you, volunteers!), turned out for the event. Participants young and old ran 5K and got blanketed in brightly colored powder at each of the five Color Zones that were located along the course. A portion […] Continue Reading

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The United Nations estimates that one extra year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by up to 10%. In Guatemala, experts place that number closer to 13%. Continue Reading