The Planting Seeds Program is a child-centered, activity based, early childhood educational model which centers on a philosophy of love, nurturing and caring to provide an education for the whole child: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, creative & spiritual.
Through our model preschool in San Lucas, Sacatepequez, we offer our methodology to communities, municipalities and non profit organizations to improve the educational landscape in Guatemala.
While we know that early childhood education is the foundation to break the cycle of poverty, we know that when working with such marginalized populations, we need to provide more comprehensive support to meet such intense needs in the communities we work. And that community members need to be the drivers of that work.
Because of this, our community development program is different in each area we work. In all regions we focus on partnerships with the community and cross sector collaborations to enhance our impact. Our model for Community Development is centered in Zone 3 of Guatemala City where we are leading the following work
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