Thank you so much to everyone who donated to my CasaSito letter drive. I sat down with Alice on Friday and discussed where all of the donations will be going, being sure to specify those donations that had specific purposes. For those of you who checked "wherever it is needed," the donations will be supporting CasaSito's scholarship program.
Learning more about the scholarship program. In the morning I awake to really slow, basic sentences, half in English and half in Spanish in the room next door to mine. Volunteers are here to help CasaSito's scholarship recipients practice English before and after their school. School here is only a half day so they either come before they go to school or after. Students come Monday and Wedesday or Tuesday and Thursday. The funds of the scholarship program help support students from the villages outside of Antigua so they can come to school in Antigua. One of the main reasons that students do not continue their education is that they cannot afford the transportation to Antigua where the education is offered. Part of CasaSito's funds support their transport from their home villages to CasaSito.
So, I officially handed over the donations to Alice today! Two giant wads of money (it looked like a lot a lot because the exchange rate right now is 8 Quetzales for 1 USD...so I had 8 times the amount of bills I would have otherwise had!)
Thanks again to those of you who dontaed. If anyone else is interested in making a donation toward the work here in Guatemala, please visit CasaSito's website at www.casasito.org (or send me an email and I can tell you more about it: cricketd33@gmail.com :))
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