Child Aid is thrilled to introduce Graciela Landa Pichiyá as our new Co-CEO of Child Aid. Continue Reading
Press Releases
Child Aid wins $200,000 Tinker Foundation grant for pandemic-era literacy work in rural Guatemala.
Download full press release Portland-Based nonprofit Child Aid announces expanded teacher-training initiatives in response to COVID-19 crisis Child Aid grows its multi-lingual, educational radio programming for students in Guatemala Portland, Oregon, January 19, 2022 — Literacy nonprofit Child Aid receives a $200,000 grant from the Tinker Foundation to expand its primary school literacy work in […] Continue Reading
Comedian and Actor Arturo Castro to headline a virtual variety comedy show to benefit Child Aid
Download Full Press Release (PDF) Castro (Alternatino, Narcos, Bushwick) is from Guatemala and advocates for Child Aid’s efforts to keep children learning even as the nation struggles during the COVID-19 crisis Portland, Oregon, July 22, 2021 – Portland-Based literacy nonprofit Child Aid announces its Laughs for Learning Virtual Event starring comedian Arturo Castro on August […] Continue Reading
Child Aid Hosts “COVID-19 Myth-Busting Happy Hours” for Staff in Guatemala
Download full press release Literacy nonprofit Child Aid, as part of its ongoing educational mission, holds virtual staff get-togethers led by Dr. Esther Han, a Johns Hopkins-trained physician, to review latest COVID-19 information and dispel myths surrounding vaccination and treatment. Child Aid equips staff in Guatemala to inform remote communities about the latest COVID-19 information […] Continue Reading
Child Aid Helps Deliver Third Round of Emergency Food Relief to 387 More Families
Child Aid partners with ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation and others to ensure food delivery reaches communities hard-hit by economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. Continue Reading
Child Aid and Ethical Bean Coffee Team Up to Bring Literacy Program to Guatemalan Children
Literacy nonprofit Child Aid and Ethical Bean Coffee announce an expanded relationship to bring the Child Aid literacy and teacher training program to more children in Guatemala. Continue Reading
Child Aid Wins Library of Congress Best Practices Award
The Library of Congress reconizes Child Aid with a 2020 Best Practices award for their teacher-training and book delivery program and work advancing literacy around the globe. Continue Reading
Child Aid Delivers Short-Term Emergency Food Relief in Guatemala
Portland-Based nonprofit Child Aid announces OPERATION WHITE FLAG HUNGER RELIEF, a short-term emergency food infusion effort meant to feed up to 10,000 people. Continue Reading
Children International and Child Aid Team Up to Give Guatemalan Children a Better Education
PRESS RELEASE: Portland, OR (November 5, 2019) — Child Aid, a literacy nonprofit, and Children International, a global humanitarian organization, today announced a joint initiative aimed at improving access to quality education for underserved children in Guatemala. Continue Reading