Empowering the children – Culture, Education & Milk

Location: Alotenango, Guatemala

There is a project supported by the foundation in which you can work as a volunteer: the education project in Alotenango. This village is located 14 kilometers (8,70 miles) outside Antigua and is very easy to reach by bus. Led by Guatemalan teachers, primary education and home work support is provided for children who are between the ages of 5 to 19 years old. Examples of such activities are: helping the children study, teaching them how to read & write, mathematics, physical education, handicraft and English classes). There is also a carpenter’s workshop, a sewing studio and computer education. Besides this, there are supporting projects focusing on health, hygiene and food.
While working in Alotenango, volunteers can easily live in Antigua and travel every day to the project area. Antigua is a beautiful colonial town of 40,000 people with a spectacular backdrop of volcanoes and green foothills and therefore attracts visitors from around the world.

The task of the volunteer is to teach children how to live according to certain habits that are necessary in their daily lives as well as for their insertion in society, instructing them on knowledge of hygiene, but also on how to build schools and houses. Another important task is to visit the local families and tell them about the importance of their children’s education.
The project in Alotenango has recently moved into a new school to give room to almost 200 children.
Furthermore, it is equally important that the volunteers give warmth, love and friendship.

Are you interested and would you like to help? For more infomation, please contact us !