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Follow on Google News | Rural Guatemala Anticipates Its First Technology Center to Be Built by U.S. Volunteer ProgramRoots & Wings Intl has plans to complete the first technology center in rural Guatemala for the impoverished Mayan communities in the Boca Costa region. Land has been purchased with funding from TECO Energy, and an architect has begun design.
By: Tammy Chiang Currently, Roots & Wings International operates a modest computer lab with seven recycled laptops in a shared office. The new technology center has plans to serve over 500 youths, aged 5 to 25 from Pasac and neighboring villages. Pasac is two-and-a-half hours away from Guatemala city. The proposed technology center is poised to offer educational opportunities that will lead the community members out of the cycle of poverty. Boca Costa is a coffee-growing highland in rural Guatemala, where the average family earns $2 or less per day. “Education is the best tool to empower indigenous communities,” For Swanson, what started in 2004 as a college student's desire to learn Spanish turned into a passion to bring opportunities to the K'iche' speaking farmers through establishment of Roots & Wings International. Swanson personally sponsored three of the nonprofit's university scholars and since then, has expanded the program to include many more female students and created the after-school tutoring program to help kids finish elementary school. Roots & Wings International is staffed entirely by volunteers in the U.S. with over 90% of its funding money going directly into programs. Roots & Wings International promotes elementary through university education in rural Guatemala. Our programs in Guatemala include college scholarships, after-school elementary tutoring and computer classes. For more information, please visit www.rootsandwingsintl.org or contact Erik Swanson at 202.747.4946. # # # Roots & Wings Intl promotes elementary through university education in rural Guatemala. We work with indigenous youth whose families earn approximately $2 per day growing coffee. Our programs in Guatemala include college scholarships, after-school elementary tutoring and computer classes. End
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