HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

AGENDA
Welcome! Eat donuts! Brief overview of Guatemalan history as it relates to education

Factors that lead to education inequality Statistics about education Information about the school
Guest speaker: Antonio Yaquian What to expect in Guatemala Guatemalan history and culture Our role while were in Guatemala What we are and what we are not FAB rules

FACTORS

discrimination unstable government women are not U.S. encouraged to involvement in pursue an military coup in education 1954 racism against many dictators indigenous followed EDUCATION populations 36 year long difficulty Civil War: 1960registering poverty 1996 children of genocide indigenous 80% of the population is parents living on $3/day or less children over age 13/14 usually end up working funding rather than going to school education is only 16% of indigenous Guatemalans government budget account for less than a teachers want it to be 35% at quarter of Guatemalas least income and consumption

60% of the population relies on farming for income traditionally agricultural society

STATS ABOUT EDUCATION

8 out of 10 go to elementary school

All but 3 of those 8 students will drop out before 6th grade Less that one out of every ten children will graduate high school and even fewer will continue their studies at the university 65% of indigenous women lack basic reading skills According to the United Nations Development Programme, Guatemala is 134th in literacy rates

WHERE THE MIGUEL ANGEL ASTURIAS ACADEMY COMES IN

Non-profit K-12 school Founded in 1994 by Jorge Chojolan, a poor indigenous Mayan Serves over 300 students from indigenous, nonindigenous, poor, working and middle class backgrounds Founded based on a progressive philosophy: encourage all students and teachers to think of themselves as learners, teachers, and ultimately world transformers Focus on inclusivity, gender equality, human rights, ecology and independence

GUEST SPEAKER
Mr. Antonio Yaquian

Thank you for coming!

OUR ROLE
WE ARE NOT
experts on Guatemala

WE ARE
learners

tourists
our goal is not to sightsee fixers

volunteers
guests representatives of our country and UF

FAB RULES
No alcohol or drugs Please refrain from talking about these as well so we dont exclude anyone from the conversation We stick together as a group during outings Respect and inclusivity are key to a comfortable environment