Bring remote learning, art and empowerment to Guatemalan teens

With COVID-19, hunger, and violence surging in the community of Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala, the local grassroots organization Peronia Adolescente seeks urgent support to provide remote education, emotional support, and equity to teens and their families.

Peronia youth leaders are leading the fight for access to quality education, culture and civic participation.

A view of the recent landslide in Peronia

Our community is home to 100,000 people recently suffered a landslide, leaving hundreds of families homeless.

83% of Guatemalan families do not have access to internet. Thousands of Peronia youth have not been able to access education this year.

Peronia Adolescente seeks to give access to education, arts and culture, and youth leadership training to local youths.

Peronia Adolescente uses a unique creative methodology to empower teens and organize the community using arts and culture.

Youth leaders use art to demand justice and protection of the human rights of children and young people.

Youth that participate in these programs spread joy and hope to their community, and their leadership paves the way for future generations.

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Peronia Adolescente

Guatemala, Villanueva

In our beloved community of Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala, the COVID-19 pandemic has cruelly coincided with both a recent landslide and also an increase in violent crime, provoking an unprecedented challenge for the survival and wellbeing of thousands of families.

For teens like Gerson who lost his home in the natural disaster, the pandemic has meant additional hunger, isolation and despair. Like the majority of Peronia teens, Gerson does not have a computer or internet to access remote learning and has considered abandoning his studies altogether to work to support his family.

As the youth leaders and organizers of Peronia Adolescente, our goal is to ensure local teens like Gerson can access quality remote education, arts and culture, social-emotional support, and opportunities for political empowerment amid the current context of the pandemic. We believe in the power of young people to lead the rebuilding and transformation of our community from a perspective of peace, human rights and dignity.

Our work: Over the course of the next year Peronia Adolescente hopes to guarantee access to quality comprehensive education, emotional support, and civic participation training to at least 35 youth, supply 15 families with no internet or technology access with tablets for their children to access schooling, train 20
local public school teachers in critical creative pedagogy for distance learning and continue to partner with local community leaders to advocate for children's and teens' protection, health, and human rights during the pandemic.

About us: Peronia Adolescente is a100% locally-founded and locally-run grassroots youth association that advocates for social justice and youth empowerment through education, arts and culture, and civic leadership.

Learn more: Visit our website www.peroniaadolescente.org Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Peroniadolescente

Peronia Adolescente is committed to sustainability and the efficient and equitable use of resources. Funds raised through this campaign will go directly to covering educational and social/emotional needs of project participants.

$50 provides school supplies for a year

$100 Provides school supplies and tutoring

$200 School supplies, tutoring and youth leadership training

$300 Provide internet and technology access as well as tutoring for a youth leader

$500 Making dreams happen! This level of donation covers a full academic scholarship as well social, emotional support and leadership training for a year for one participant.

Peronia Adolescente

Guatemala, Villanueva