Archive for Semillas de Amor
Festival de Familias: A Fundraiser Benefitting Semillas de Amor Children’s Village
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For more information on the fundraiser click HERE!
If you have an item to include in our silent auction please write to: Beth@semillasdeamor.org
A Visit from the Dentists
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Kids International
Our dentists from Kids International came for our children’s annual checkup. This is the second year that Kids International has provided care for our children. Last year they saw thirty kids and not one cavity at Semillas de Amor. This year they saw 30 children from Parramos. We had one child with a few cavities but the rest were all cavity free! It was a different story in Parramos, there were fillings and extractions and all the kids had their teeth sealed to prevent any cavities. Read More→
“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.