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This month, we added two new program partnerships with excellent organizations in Guatemala that share our mission to extend educational opportunities to all children, especially girls. After meeting with 12 different programs that serve children and families living in poverty, we decided that the organizations below best fit with CCI’s goals.
PROGRESA (an acronym for Asociación Programa Estudiantil de los Amigos Cuáqueros) provides scholarships for disadvantaged youth to attend university. PROGRESA targets their efforts on Mayan youth, offering opportunity to a people that has been marginalized since the country’s Civil War when hundreds of Mayan villagers were massacred. Scholarship applicants must demonstrate financial need and commit to doing community service each year. PROGRESA staff work with each recipient to determine a budget for tuition, room and board and other living expenses. PROGRESA’s office is located in Parramos, just outside of Antigua, with three Guatemalan staff, including the executive director, as well as a U.S. volunteer on-site.
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