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In the rural Maya villages of the Yucatán Peninsula of México, indigenous families live below poverty level, often subsisting on less than one dollar per person per day. Farmers and seasonal fishermen can no longer support their families. The solution is education and literacy, for children and for families. PROYECTO ITZAES (PI) works together with other organizations to provide high quality Spanish language children’s books, and has succeeded in encouraging families to keep their children in school. Children in PI’s programs are countinuing through middle school and most are now going to high school and even the university. Educational toys, computer classes and training programs for each community create local leadership, and learners become teachers. When parents learn about early childhood reading and school readiness, parents and grandparents are partners in teaching. The program serves almost a thousand children and their families in six villages. This low-cost method of developing schools and teachers can be replicated in other poor rural villages. PI has many requests to help villages develop schools and 'grow their own teachers.'
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$11 - One children’s book shared by hundreds in a year
$44 - Educational toys for 10 children
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