Building the Children’s Future – Education, Care & Hope

Location: Antigua, Guatemala

This project supports and educates needy children in a variety of areas. Nearly 2,600 children and their families benefit from this project. There is a free clinic, a full time psychologist, a Mothers Club which supports civic events, there are social workers that visit families, and there is a school and reinforcement or remedial work for children who are attending public school, a library, a dental clinic and a food distribution program. Building the Children’s Future intends to break the cycle of poverty by empowering children through education.

Volunteers can take their own initiative and organize events through which they use their personal special skills such as: sewing, music, sports and art. Or they can help the children by letting them enjoy the volunteer’s (work) experiences, leading discussion on family planning, AIDS / HIV, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. Volunteers should realize that they should bring and prepare their own material in order to carry out these activities. Volunteers can also help with newsletter mailings; they can work in the kitchen, and organize activities for the children. Some volunteers can assist the teacher and tutor the children in the afternoon. As a "tutor volunteer" will always be in a one on one-situation and, therefore, this requires an advanced level of Spanish. Volunteers that have an education in social work, dental and medical care or handwork (such as carpenters) are also very welcomed.

Are you interested and would you like to volunteer in this project? Contact us !