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“Semillas de Amor, Changing lives through Education”
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Evelin and Dooney
Education is free and compulsory for six years in Guatemala. However, most of the time there is no one watching. Children who do not attend school are in the rural, mostly indigenous areas. Although free children must pay for their uniforms, school supplies and textbooks. This often is a deal breaker for most families, since they have more than one child attending school.
Statistics state that the literacy rate in Guatemala is 30% but the question one must ask is what is the quality of literacy when the average years in school are 4? How literate is a fourth grader educated in a substandard education system? How critically does a 4th grader think? Only 3 out of 10 children graduate from the 6th grade. Guatemala has the lowest literacy rate in all of Latin America and only 2% of Guatemalans attend college, half of those graduate.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL SEMILLAS DE AMOR FUNDRAISER!!
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND JOIN THE FUNDRAISING TEAM for the Second Annual 
Senator Landrieu returns to Guatemala to fight for the kids!!!!
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All of us at Semillas de Amor and Seeds of Love are so appreciative to Senator Landrieu and the Guatemala900 for their non stop advocacy to get the kids home. This truly has been insane and so many families have lost children needlessly as well as families waiting almost four years, and some longer, to bring their children home. This should have NEVER happened. The Guatemala900 is a grassroots, small group of parents who have adopted children from Guatemala and have challenged the legal system to bring home children who should have been with their families years and years ago. It is tragic. Now the Guatemala900 and the kids, who have been left behind, have a huge advocate in Senator Mary Landrieu and on July 5th Senator Landrieu returns to Guatemala to see what, if any, progress has been made to get the kids home. Thank you Guatemalan900 and Senator Landrieu and all those people “behind the scene” that are fighting for these children’s rights, we are eternally grateful. Read More→