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Patzilin Abaj Primary School’s First World Book Day

5/2/2018

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World Book Day is a globally recognized as a day to celebrate the important role libraries and books play in schools and society. This year, our latest Pathway to Literacy (PTL) beneficiary school, Patzilin Abaj Primary School, celebrated their very first World Book Day by hosting a friendly storytelling competition.

The students became young authors and worked with their classmates to create an original story. They presented their stories to their schoolmates, who then voted for their favorite.

Let’s take a look at what they came up with!  
The first grade class is the largest. They were split up into two groups and created two amazing stories. They kicked off the celebration with their story “The Frog and the Bird.”  

This story is about a young frog who loves to read.
He reads all day long, and even dreams about it at night!  The frog learns that there is a reading competition in the sky to determine the best reader. He’s confident he can win, there’s just one problem. He can’t fly.The frog is determined to compete, so he asks a bird, who is also a mail carrier, for a ride. The bird refuses, saying he is busy at work. The frog sneaks himself into a scroll and disguises himself as mail. He eventually arrives to the competition and WINS!
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The first graders also wrote the story “The Studious Ant.”

This story is  about an ant who has big dreams for her and her family. As the title suggests, the ant spends all her time reading and studying. Her favorite books are ones about how to be a caring ant ,and how to produce food for her and her family. One day, her family doesn't have any food to eat, so she remembers what she read about growing their own food, and starts a garden outside her house.
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The fourth graders wrote a tale of vengeance and frienship.
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Their story, titled “The Pigeon and the Ants” is about a pigeon  who spends its time bullying the ants that work underneath the the tree that holds her nest. The pigeon constantly destroys the ant’s little houses. One day, the ants organize and climb the tree to ruin the pigeon’s nest. When the pigeon returns, they talk it out, and the pigeon agrees to treat the ants with respect. The story ends with them becoming best friends.
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The sixth graders wrote“Father Rabbit.”  

This is a story of the importance of reading and protecting their rights. “Father Rabbit” is set on a quaint farm. Mother Rabbit, Father Rabbit, Brother Rabbit and Sister Rabbit live on and tend to the farm.Their farm is in danger when a more powerful rabbit decides he is the owner of the land and presents a document, which he claimed gave him ownership of the family’s farm. However, Father Rabbit knows how to read, realizes that it is a fake document, and saves the farm.
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The World Book Day celebration was filled with wide smiles and giggles. 
We’re thrilled to see the students at Patzilin Abaj produce such great work, and we're determined to work alongside the community to foster their creativity through the Pathway to Literacy Project.
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A New Library is on the Horizon

3/19/2018

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Current state of the Patzilin Abaj library
The last few months have been hectic and exciting as we’ve partnered with another school to create a Pueblo a Pueblo certified lending library. Patzilin Abaj Primary School will be the third active school to implement our Pathways to Literacy (PTL) Project.

The first step of the project is to improve the library space. The school has a designated space, which makes our process a lot easier. But the space needs a lot of work before it can be called a functional and inviting lending library.

One big obstacle this library has is accessibility to materials. Half of the reading materials are randomly stacked in china cabinets that are too high for the younger children to reach. The rest of the books are in large plastic storage containers, with no labels, and mixed in with empty boxes of games and game pieces.

​We hope to work with Patzilin Abaj to create a space that is organized, accessible and inviting, a space that encourages kids to spend time in the library and borrow books. Our vision for this library is to have appropriate and safe furniture, an investigation corner, a reading section, a designated area for games and a librarian who can teach the children how to find books, using a color coding method that is easy for the youngest readers.
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Of course, a library is only as good as its materials. Oftentimes, the schools we work with have very limited resources and few reading materials. Our Pathways to Literacy team prides itself on taking the time and effort to stock the library with books that can serve as mirrors of themselves and also portals to other worlds for the students.

“When deciding what books to order for the library, we try to find books that have illustrations, elements, characters, and situations that students from these schools can identify with and be inspired by,” says Esther Dominguez, Pathways to Literacy Project Manager.  “We also try to get books that are completely different from their surroundings and talk about diversity so they can foster their creativity, ” she added. 
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Children enjoying an already renovated library
We’re months away from welcoming students into a space where creativity, adventure and knowledge will be at their fingertips, and in a community where 20% of women and 8% of men are completely illiterate,* lending libraries that are specially designed for students in rural communities are a vital tool for sustainable change.  

*2017 Guatemalan National Institute of Statics, literacy in Solola Department
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Our New Year Goals

1/22/2018

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At Pueblo a Pueblo, we are constantly aiming to improve and expand our impact alongside the communities we work with. We have a total of nine projects, ranging from maternal health access to literacy programs to school sanitation initiatives. Recently, project coordinators shared what they want to accomplish this year, with help from the Pueblo a Pueblo team, community members and supporters like you. ​
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Vilma Mendoza, the Maternal and Child Health Project Manager, is excited to continue keeping moms and kids healthy with our Maternal and Child Health Project. Maternal and Child Health will continue supporting mothers with knowledge about nutrition and vaccinations, and this year, she wants to spend more time talking about family planning methods. Her goal is to empower the mothers with knowledge about their own health and the confidence to ask their doctors questions about their personal and child’s health. 

Our Family Planning Champions (FPC) Project also wants to make 2018 the year to prioritize women’s overall health. Until recently, FPC has focused heavily on informing women about family planning methods and subsidizing birth control. In 2018, FPC is going to expand its mission to discuss women’s rights to healthcare, access and community building.
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The Guatemalan school year began in early January. Our Primary Education Scholarship (PES) Project began the year by distributing backpacks and school supplies to 99 sponsored students. This enables the families to save what they’ve earned. Johanny Quieju, the Primary Education Scholarship Project Manager, says that although she’s happy we were able to support 99 children with school supplies and sponsorships, her goal for this year is for the program to increase the amount of sponsored students to 150 through community outreach.

Our Pathways to Literacy (PTL) Project also has expansion goals for 2018. Esther Dominguez, the Pathway to Literacy Project Manager, wants to work with the community to open a new school library to “spread the joy of reading to more children and continue to promote literacy in rural Guatemala.” In addition to opening a new library, Esther and the PTL team is on a mission to continue working with school teachers to increase the number of students who borrow books and improve reading comprehension.
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Our Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) in Schools Project wants to add another bathroom to the list in 2018. Pablo Eugolio, our Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) in Schools Project Manager, is determined to work with community members to improve and add new bathrooms in the elementary school in the Aguas Escondidas Community. This is the biggest school we’ve ever worked with, and they have only three functioning toilets for over 2,000 students. The WASH team is also aiming to provide hygiene trainings and establish a partnership between Baobab and the ministry of education in Santiago, Atitlan, to make organic soap available in every school. “Making sure soap is available in these school is critical. Without it, the children can’t practice proper hygiene habits or reduce diseases that often keep them home sick,” said Pablo.

The School Nutrition (SN) Project has is packing a lot of training into the 2018 school year. The project team wants to provide cooking classes to mothers and students in five different schools. The goal of these trainings is to introduce them to less commonly used vegetables and their nutritious benefits. During these trainings, participants learn how to incorporate the vegetables into their diets with easy and delicious recipes.

In 2018, Ana Cabrera, the Organic School (OSG) Project Manager, wants to take organic gardening beyond the school and into the wider community. The OSG team is working to create an educative garden in the Panabaj Community. “It is going to be a space that is open to anyone interested in learning about organic gardening techniques,” explained Ana. Ideally, this garden would become a place for  workshops about soil, vegetables and composting, or for anyone who wants to test out their green thumb.
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The beekeepers from our Beekeeping for Coffee Farmers Project and the members of our Youth Leadership Project will also be receiving trainings this year. One goal is to learn how to turn a honey harvest into a lucrative business. The Youth Leadership beneficiaries will continue developing their business plans. In 2018, the Beekeeping Project will work alongside beneficiaries to teach and implement business management and learn about financial management and teamwork building. The goal of these trainings is to empower both groups and create confident and successful entrepreneurs.
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