PROAES Students

What is PROAES?

This is a student support program where a nutritious breakfast is provided every day to help the students prepare to study and learn their daily lessons. The program also supports the spiritual and moral instruction of each child.

When was the program established?

PROAES started their work in March of 2004 and was inspired by concerned people who wanted to help the children of Guatemala who had limited resources.

Rationale

In Guatemalan society, there is a large group of people who have limited resources and cannot provide the nutritional or educational needs of their children. This situation results in children dropping out of school prematurely and possibly falling into antisocial behavior.

Projection

Currently there are a thousand children between 6 and 14 years old living in the surrounding neighborhoods. We wish to increase the number of children we serve as soon as funding is available. We also wish to build a new dining facility with a medical clinic, laboratory, as well as classrooms with computers to improve the learning potential of the children. We wish to improve the infrastructure of each village, thus improving quality of life — projects like water, electricity, food, jobs, etc. — while increasing the educational, nutritional, and spiritual quality for the children.

Goals

• To maintain a high educational level for each child.
• To provide a nutritious breakfast to help them function at a higher level.
• To prevent the participation of children in antisocial activities by providing friendship and role models.
• To provide them with tools to meet these goals.
• To have young people who will be an example to others.
• To encourage moral and spiritual growth.

Needs

Sponsorship for each child is just $30.00 per month, which provides for breakfast, extracurricular activities, and education. We also need financing for the construction of the facility, medical clinic, laboratory, and classrooms with computers. Each village we work in needs more sponsors.