Can you imagine offering high-tech laptops to Guatemalan farming villages that once never knew what great educational feats computers were capable of doing? Never mind that these Guatemalan farmers are professional coffee growers earning under $2 a day. Never mind that they sole-handedly take a bean, plant it, water it and deliver fresh coffee grounds to our precious cups of coffee each morning. Coffee has its importance. But so does education. And, this is where Roots and Wings International comes in.
Roots and Wings International (RWI) is experienced in taking a computer, refurbishing it and delivering it personally (at times) to its computer lab in Guatemala. Why? To offer impoverished youth the education that computers promise, thus increasing the quality of their lives. The selfless act of improving these coffee-grower’s lives economically is purely compassionate…and the results are enthralling to witness! And it all started with the vision of RWI founder, Erik Swanson.
I would personally love to behold the looks on the indigenous Guatemalan children’s faces once they see the far-reaching capabilities that computers have in this high-tech world. I bet it would be a rare glimpse of the stunted-though-comfortable past drifting away and the joyful, progressive present taking over more and more parts of the forgotten world. Wait–RWI did not forget about Guatemala and its people. I stand corrected. Kudos to RWI for the good work they are doing for the impoverished people of Guatemala.
