Birthday in Guatemala

Arrived in Guatemala on Monday and met with the staff of FUNCEDESCRI (Fundación de Servicios Cristianos) yesterday about returning to work with them on a project to build the infrastructure for their rural communities to be able to produce their own education and training materials. This is especially challenging because most people in the communities speak their own Mayan dialect but not Spanish and in some cases do not have a written tradition in their native language. A computer center and training program is planned for each community to allow creation of media such as audiovisual presentations, leaflets and posters. Another form of pedagogic communication will be puppet shows.

FUNCEDESCRI hopes that the community designed and managed education programs they are enabling will promote better agricultural practices for health and the environment, and a more localized economic system that will better support the communities.

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cjones on July 4, 2008 from Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

from the travel blog: so-journ

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