Empower a Girl in Guatemala: Education after COVID

Within the framework of the beginning of the school year, school supply kits and the “Backpacks of Dreams” were distributed to our scholarship girls, who are living in vulnerable situations. This initiative aims to strengthen their school retention, motivate their academic performance, and reaffirm our commitment to their complete development.

The start of classes represents not only the beginning of a new academic year, but also an opportunity to renew goals, dreams, and personal aspirations.

Each kit included: a school backpack, notebooks, pencils and pens, erasers and sharpeners, a ruler, and other basic materials. The “Backpack of Dreams” symbolizes more than a school accessory; it represents the commitment to support each girl on her journey toward achieving her academic and personal goals.

Through this initiative, we hope to improve school attendance and performance, increase motivation at the beginning of the school cycle, and create a positive impact on their families. The distribution of school kits and “Backpacks of Dreams” reaffirms our institutional commitment to education as a driver of social transformation.

Thank you for trusting and believing in this project. Your generosity becomes real opportunities for our scholarship girls, who begin the school year with hope, tools, and new dreams to fulfill. Every contribution is more than material support; it is a clear message of accompaniment, dignity, and faith in their future. Thank you for being part of the growth of our girls and the creation of new opportunities.

The Becas para la Niña Project emerges as a committed response to the multiple challenges girls face in accessing, remaining in, and completing their educational journey. Factors such as poverty, school dropout, child labor, migration, and lack of family support continue to put their right to education at risk.

In this context, methodological accompaniment becomes a key tool to rescue, strengthen, and motivate scholarship recipients, providing them not only with academic support, but also emotional, social, and formative support. This accompaniment makes it possible to closely follow each girl, recognizing her reality, her challenges, and her potential.

The methodological accompaniment of the Becas para la Niña Project focuses primarily on rescuing girls at risk of falling behind or dropping out of school, supporting them comprehensively throughout their educational path. This process is not limited to academic supervision; it also seeks to build trust, strengthen selfesteem, and reaffirm the value of education as a tool for personal and family transformation.

Each action is aimed at reminding them that they are not alone, that their dreams matter, and that with support and perseverance it is possible to overcome the obstacles that arise along the way. The methodological accompaniment is developed through three fundamental components:

• Monitoring of Educational Centers
• Tutoring
• Extracurricular Training

Each action carried out reaffirms the commitment to believe in girls, in their dreams, and in their ability to build a better future for themselves and their families. Thanks to this constant accompaniment, we have achieved a dropout rate of 0.5% and a 96% promotion rate among the 52 scholarship recipients supported in this 2025 campaign. With your help we are close to achieving our goal: sponsoring 350 girls.

Links:

• Report 93 - Febrary 2026