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The profits from every book purchase are used to provide books for children in low resource communities in Guatemala. You can enjoy reading this colorful story with your little ones while knowing that you helped put a book into the hands of another young reader.
Support our work by buying Maribel Plans a Party / Maribel y la fiesta de Paco which is available for purchase through Blurb (if you are located in the US or Canada).
In Guatemala the books can be bought at:
Quetzaltrekkers located at Diagonal 12 8-43, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Hotel y Centro de Convenciones Jardines del Lago located at Calle Monterrey, Panajachel 07010, Guatemala
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You can also support our work by making a direct donation through Paypal. All donations support our ability to donate books to children in Guatemala.
Why Children’s Books
Education is an incredible tool of change and growth and a foundation in the fight against injustice. Education in empowering, giving children the opportunity to explore their minds and develop their strengths. Through education, people can recognize their own self-worth, can make decisions for themselves and their communities that are not based on others’ ignorance or manipulation, and can have access to greater opportunities for themselves and their families.
The ability to read is a foundation for education and a life changing skill–this is where children’s books come in. Picture books promote literacy, enhance vocabulary, and teach sentence structure, story analysis, and reasoning. Illustrations in children’s books help children’s books help kids understand what they are reading and increase their comprehension–so they are not just recognizing individual words, but understanding the greater story. Perhaps most importantly, they make reading a fun and enjoyable skill by allowing children to engage with the characters and their world. A love for reading has the power to spark a love for learning, questioning, discovering, creating.
1 in 3 indigenous Guatemalans cannot read or write.
80% of indigenous children will not finish primary school.
Enrollment rates for high school aged Guatemalans is only 10%.
We Envision
A Guatemala where children have access to books. To hold in their hands. To read in their homes. Books with characters that look like them, speak their language, and live in their country. Books that inspire them to dream big dreams, to continue reading and learning, to fight for more opportunities.
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