This is Ederson.
He’s well on his way to becoming the most educated member of his family.
Ederson is 6. He just finished kindergarten.
Ederson lives with his father and his grandmother. His father was pulled out of school at the end of elementary school and now works hard planting corn and doing heavy labour. His grandmother never went to school at all.
For those of us from Canada, it’s hard to grasp just how much poverty and lack of education are intertwined in a place like Guatemala. Generational cycles of poverty and illiteracy keep families trapped.
Your year-end gift breaks these cycles and builds a brighter future for children like Ederson.
Can you imagine what attending a Vida School means for him?
It’s the opportunity to learn
It’s a school meal to start his day
It’s teachers who believe in him
It’s a refuge when life feels hard
It’s the assurance that God loves him and sees him
It’s education – and it’s so much more.
This Christmas season, will you build a brighter future for kids like Ederson? Your donation will be doubled until the end of the year.
When you give to Build a Brighter Future, you’re providing teachers and classrooms and educational supplies for kids like Ederson. You’re ensuring that an agricultural labourer high in the mountains of Guatemala has a place where he can afford to keep sending his son to school. And you’re making sure that a child like Ederson can learn and grow and discover that God holds his future.
Each morning, Ederson and his grandmother make the hour-long trek along the steep, muddy path so that Ederson can go to kindergarten. There, Ederson greets his teachers with a smile and a hug. He savours the nutritious school meal that fills his tummy. He sings, prays, and worships with joy. He colours and plays and cuts and pastes alongside his classmates – pre-literacy activities that build his skills and his confidence. Small steps, but significant ones.
Ederson is on his way. And you can help him get there.
Next year, Ederson starts Grade 1. He’s so excited about learning to read and write. 6-year-old Ederson doesn’t understand that this is one more step on the path to his brighter future. But his family does. And his teacher does. And so do we. That’s why we need to be there for children like Ederson.
Will you help Ederson take his next step?
Double your impact right now as you build Ederson’s brighter future, because every dollar you give to Build a Brighter Future in Guatemala will be matched (up to $104,000).