Guatemala Mission Trip

I am beyond excited to share that I am going to Cambodia June 4-14 with CGI (Center for Global Impact)!! God is so good! While in Cambodia, we will be forming relationships with women who have been rescued from human trafficking. My team and I will get to work alongside them and ultimately share the hope we have in Christ Jesus with them.

I studied many things about Guatemala such as, the culture, religion, food, population, geography, imports, exports, and most popular of all sports. The sports of Guatemala is something I found very interesting.

Guatemala is a small country in central America, bordered by Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, and Mexico. Guatemala is best known for their indigenous Mayan culture and excavated ruins of the Mayan empire, nature, and their world class coffee. If you visit Guatemala, you’ll see that it is unique in many ways.

A current problem in Haiti that Free The Children is focusing on is education. Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed Haiti on January 12th, 2010; hundreds of school buildings were destroyed and the education system was left wrecked. This is affecting society because currently Haiti’s literacy rate is 62% and only less than half of the country’s children attend school. About 37% of students actually reach the sixth grade out of the 60% of the students that enroll. Free The Children is currently working in an area where 90% of the schools built are built by community-based, non-governmental, and/or religious organizations that are trying to rebuild the education system.

The country was foreign, a first for me. Dilapidation and ruin scattered the horizon as far as one could see. Guatemala is a place where poverty has a strong grasp on its people. We traveled tirelessly for hours to reach the poorest of the poor. Upon arrival old, young, and natives of all shapes and sizes formed receiving lines, eager to welcome us with gifts of smiles and gratitude. It was an experience that forever changed me. This was the first time I had stepped outside the boundaries of the American culture into a world where nothing is taken for granted. Each day spent on my mission trip brought a fresh awareness of gratefulness. Any pre-trip reluctance quickly became a vague memory as my emotions welled within bring a fresh change to

You may think that there is nothing fun to do in Guatemala, but you may be surprised. Guatemala city is home to many things such as: Petapa Amusment Park, mercado central, and Jardin Botanico. Petpa park is a fun place to vist because you would be able to visit plaza de estrellas, plaza arcoiris, and so many more things. So if you're looking for a fun place to visit with children Petpa park is the place to visit. Definitaly visit Mercado Central if you're looking for some authenic gualemalan food or crafts, mercado central is the perfect place to visit at the end of your trip if you need to pick up some gifts for family or just as a small memento. Last but not least Jardin Botanico. Jardin Botanico is exacatally what it sounds like! Jardin

Guatemala’s economy is extremely poor compared to other countries. “The poor are getting poorer” is due to the low spending causing a poor infrastructure and slow growth. 40 percent of the country’s poor live on $1.50 per day. Guatemala’s economy has been growing steadily, but has been supported by private consumption. In other words, the government receives money based on what the people are buying for their households. The Guatemalan government fails to collect taxes from a large portion of their population. Therefore, the lack of money puts their economy in great risk when natural disasters occur. Their geography contains hills, mountains, poor soil, and volcanos. It is extremely difficult to build safe, secure houses with the lack of money and resources. People everyday live unsure when a natural disaster will strike and they are unable to protect their loved ones. Guatemala receives around 10 feet of rain during a 5 month rainy

Opportunities come and go. If I was handed a ticket to anywhere in the world I would most definitely choose Guatemala. Guatemala is known to be on of the places in Latin America where world hunger is seen everywhere you go. The reason that I choose Guatemala out of any other beautiful country is due to the fact that I've personally been there. Nice grown palm trees was the first thing I saw when I arrived to Guatemala, along with young kids walking around the streets with no sense what so ever. If I was given a ticket to go anywhere in the world I would most definitely take advantage of that to go out and help all of those kids and young mothers who see themselves with out a home and with out a daily meal to look forward to.Before anything,The

The purpose of the mission trip is to assess the three countries which are: Angola, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Our mission is to bring awareness to the country’s problematic outgrowth, slowdowns, and targeted population’s needs by educating the entire population. In understanding the reasons for the majority of their economic declines and/or targets, alongside with safety and health issue warnings. In addition, the unofficial accountable economy figures aren’t mentioned in the statistics. While the population growth is increasing over a 5 year duration, it shows a diverse impact to the populace in each country from a numeric approach. Also, it sustains a vantage view. There’s logic to every systematic process,

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Imagine you are a nineteen-year-old living in the USA. You are homecoming queen, smart, and rather popular. You have a perfect boyfriend and perfect friends. You have an amazing little brother and parents who strive for your success. Monetarily wise, you have an abundance of wealth: a large house, plenty of food, and a nice car. You are living the American dream. Now imagine that you are again nineteen years old, but living in Uganda. You have little money, few belongings, no peers or mentors, and no education past high school. Instead, you are a single, homeschooling mother to eight girls, all under twelve years old, and all of which still struggle to even speak your language.

Given that Nicaragua is a low income country, poverty comes in hand with every problem. A large percent of Nicaragua’s population lives in rural areas, and many people do not have access to schools. We could solve this by building more schools in rural areas where many people live. However, many people do not know the importance of education. If we want our people to encourage the young population, we have to encourage them first. Nicaragua suggests we use the

Children are natural learners using curiosity as an engine for their studies. Imagine what we are capable as students if we are allowed to study what we love and enjoy? Education in underdeveloped countries has attracted significant attention in recent years from educational policy makers around the world. It is considered a key social factor for economic prosperity as well as social progress in the fields of gender and racial equality. The Millennium Development Goals and Targets put “Achieve universal primary education” as Goal number two. The United Nations established Unesco (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the Heavily indebted poor country initiative (HIPC) to help developing countries improve their educational programs. A total of 653 million dollars where spent in the year 2012-2013 to help low and middle income countries improve their educational programs. However, while education coverage has increased over time, Bolivia still faces considerable challenges for its education system to improve. Universal coverage remains a challenge especially among disadvantaged groups. We desperately require the help of nonprofit organizations to help with our educational reform.

The issue at stake is not population numbers depiction, but concerns for the quality of education for Tanzanians children. Honestly, the growing number of children in Tanzania as (Woods, 2009) alerts, is a clarion call for excessive investment in education, and in other public services. Comparable to other poor countries as Jeffrey Sachs and Easterly (2006) argued, the poor people live entwined in inadequacy, “in which taking to account the global abuse of children, poor wellbeing, learning, and poor arrangement reinforces “one another” (p. 10 ). It is incontestable that children are the treasured resources of any future nation, and therefore, financing beyond their education quality would be the ultimate investment for their development. This is to say, parents, teachers, and communities need to ensure the safety of children and monitor what they learn in classrooms, while paying a distinctive attention to the marginalized children the most likely to be victims of quality education access limitation.

“[P]reschool programs may have slightly larger benefits for children whose parents speak a language other than English at home” (Magnuson, Lahaie, & Waldfogel, 2006, p. 1244). This is most likely true for many families in San Carlos, Belize, where English is a secondary language spoken at home. In San Carlos, English is not taught to children until they enter Infant I, the first level of education. Preschools are also beneficial to children who are economically disadvantaged, and larger gains are typically found in communities with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (Magnuson, Lahaie, & Waldfogel, Preschool and School Readineses of Chilren with Immigrants, 2006). With nearly 41% of the country below the poverty line in Belize, much of the country is considered to be economically disadvantaged (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). It is important to set children on the path to success early in their lives. Indeed, “the earliest years of life are a particularly promising time to intervene in the lives of low income children” (Ludwig & Phillips, 2008). The village of San Carlos is a subsistence level agriculture village with much of the village farming small plots of land, and 15% of the village of San Carlos unemployed (Lopez, 2014). Indeed, subsistence level communities are most concerned with ensuring that their basic needs are met.