Reducing Poverty Through Education
Ak’ Tenamit takes two approaches to reducing poverty through education:
- We provide an opportunity for girls to receive an education and equip all students with job skills
- Equip students with the skills and opportunities that will allow them to find solutions to poverty in their communities
Our Achievements
There is strong international consensus that educating girls reduces poverty. Once educated, agricultural productivity and incomes increase and healthcare improves.
More indigenous girls are attending secondary school
- 39% of the 2010 student body was female
- 400% in female enrollment since 2001
- 115 elementary girls attended our 2010 conference that encourages girls to continue studying
Broadening access to rural-appropriate education
- Students represent 9 of 23 ethnic groups found in Guatemala
- Students come from 8 of Guatemala’s 22 departments
- ¼ of students travel nearly 14 hours to reach the school
Impact 2010 - Education
A glimpse into the impact your donations have made since the first class of 14 young men and women graduated in 2004:
- Students enrolled: 418
- Female students: 39%
- Graduates: 103
- Graduates employed: 96.2% (4% unreported)
Graduates are being employed
Having a family member with formal employment helps ensure that the family is able to provide for basic needs, health care, and education. 100% of our 2009 graduating class are employed.
Here is a sample of what are 2009 graduates are doing:
Alvaro Medina Ical
Develops agricultural programs for
the Lachúa Foundation in Alta
Verapaz, Guatemala.
Hilda Mas Macz works with the
organization Mi Familia Progresa
(My Family Progresses), which works
with families in Petén, Guatemala
living in extreme poverty. She is in
charge of programs in 27
communities.
Rita Choc Pop works as a program
coordinator with the Foundation
Guillermo Toriello. She works to
improve food security in communities
in Rio Dulce, Guatemala.
