Child Aid
Improving Literacy, Education and Opportunity
Fast Facts
Guatemala
Charles Baum
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Education
How Child Aid Is Making a Difference
Child Aid delivers sustainable, locally-led literacy and education programs in rural, indigenous Guatemalan communities so that children can read, write, think critically and lift themselves out of poverty.
Work of Child Aid
- Provides teacher training, one-on-one coaching and curriculum support in rural indigenous schools.
- Supplies classroom books, reading corners and interactive literacy materials to underserved schools.
- Operates a scalable, culturally relevant, reading-for-life model, hiring indigenous staff and expanding regional hubs.
- Partners with public primary schools in Guatemala’s western highlands to implement literacy programs across remote communities.
- Uses data and monitoring to drive systemic change in education within communities.
Initiatives Supported by Project Redwood
2016: $25,000 to fund teacher trainers and upgrade some current teacher trainers to leadership positions.
2017: $25,000 to hire literacy trainers to work with teachers in multiple schools.
2018: $25,000 to support a Facebook-based training and networking program for teachers.
2019: $25,000 to help establish a new district hub in a remote Guatemalan location to reach more indigenous children.
2021: $30,000 to create processes, systems, and tools necessary to expand internal collaboration, curriculum development, scheduling and tracking, government relationship management, social media and content management, financials, and donor management.