Empowering Girls through Education
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry IncFor most young women in rural Guatemala, education beyond 6th grade is out of reach.
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Hurricane Eta causing flooding near CCFC
Last week I heard from our partners in Guatemala, Rob and Tara at CCFC, about how Hurricane Eta has affected the central highlands, especially villages where the young women who come to CCFC live with their families.
Rob wrote to us:
Yesterday we drove up (as far as we could get the car) the road to Xalija. Parked the car and walked up to some of the highest houses in the village. On our path we ran into 30 men with shovels and picks that were coming down from their water catchment.
It turns out that the water system that provides potable water to five communities was totally washed down the mountain. When the catchment gave way, immediately hundreds of families' water was cut off.
...The once-in-a-century-flood is now becoming the once-in-a-decade-flood. The devastation that Eta brought to Coban totally blindsided everyone. No one had any idea it would be this bad. All available modeling shows that these storms are going to be more frequent and more devastating.
The ecology & reforestation training that CCFC gives to young women in these villages is vital to ensuring their families can not only survive these more frequent storms, but build enough resilience in their communities to thrive.
For most young women in the rural villages of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, education beyond 6th grade is out of reach. Facing limited resources, many parents send only their sons away to school.
Your support of Community Cloud Forest Conservation (CCFC) helps to fund scholarships for girls who then have access to the same opportunities as the boys, but also feel empowered in earning their own tuition, and the Leadership Training workshop also builds their self-esteem and confidence.
In past years, 96% of girls who participate in CCFC's flagship training program, WALC, stay in school another year, compared to only 25% of their peers.