Featured Student: Antonia López Tzep
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Antonia comes from the community of Yoxajá. She is 25 years old and works as an elementary school teacher. Antonia is the third in her family of nine. She is now studying at the Mariano Gálvez University to become a Science teacher. She is the first young woan in her community to recieve a university education. She wants to be an example for other girls in her community.
Support a young woman like Antonia Today!
Please help other young women like Antonia by offering to sponsor a university scholarship. You can sponsor one month for $80, one semester for $475 or an entire year of education for $950. Click here to donate today.
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50 Great Reasons Campaign
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RWI is moving quickly to build our 50 Great Reasons Campaign. Our multi-talented team of volunteers is investing much time and effort to ensure that we raise money for 50 new university scholarships in 2011. The team is creating a landing page for the campaign, submitting public service announcements for broadcast and creating a completely fresh, new YouTube video about RWI’s progress and programs to date. RWI volunteers will be working diligently during 2010 to make sure 50 Guatemalan youth can begin their path to a brighter future in 2011.
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Buy Coffee to Support Education
For every bag of BuyWell Coffee you purchase, $3 goes straight to the RWI scholarship program. Buy a bag today, and change lives through education. Click here to buy coffee. |
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Guatemala Salsa Festival!
Guatemala City, Guatemala will host its Guatemala Salsa Festival from April 29 to May 1, 2010.
Pasac is the farming village where most of RWI students originate. It is located just a few hundred miles southwest of the country’s capital Guatemala City. During festival nights, the capital will be brimming with colorful salsa dancers and live music!
Salsa events are held worldwide, from Asia to Australia and from Abu Dhabi to Germany! Visit SalsaCongress.com to learn more!
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Featured Volunteer:
Shadi Mirza, Twitter Lead
Shadi is our invaluable Twitter lead who updates Tweets on our Twitter site. He also has provided editorial support for the RWI 2010 Annual Report. Shadi has worked seamlessly on grant proposals as well. His work is top-notch and we value his creative approach.
Here’s what Shadi has to say about his free time: “I enjoy blogging about life in South Korea (where I teach English), reading about political issues, playing video games, and watching documentaries. I enjoy working for RWI because I was raised with an understanding of the importance of higher education and know how difficult it can be to survive without a quality education. I admire RWI's mission to bring higher education to indigenous children and want to help RWI achieve its goals through my writing.”
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