Escuela Oficial Urbana Mixta Tierra Blanca

Guatemala City, Municipality of Mixco

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School details

Student population

338 primary students,
54 pre-primary students

Grades

Pre-primary and primary from
1st to 6th grade

Year founded

2005

About the school’s needs

In the community of Zone 1 in the municipality of Mixco, Guatemala, significant challenges affect everyday life. Basic services are lacking. An irregular water supply arrives only every two days. Inadequate drainage results in unhealthy situations and vulnerability to landslides. A lack of street lighting jeopardizes the safety and well-being of residents and creates an environment prone to criminal activities.

The absence of a police presence aggravates the situation, creating a state of distress.

Within that environment, la Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Tierra Blanca Jornada Matutina provides the community with a space for learning, growth, and support. It is a place where young people can build values like honesty and hard work, while developing better employment prospects through their schoolwork.

By sponsoring Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Tierra Blanca Jornada Matutina, you will be providing essential resources to its students. Your sponsorship means everything from physical structures (a perimeter wall, better kitchen facilities) to educational initiatives across reading, writing, communications, and more.

Help give the children of Tierra Blanca Jornada Matutina the future they deserve.

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What your sponsorship does at this school

Psychosocial support
Comprehensive psychological support for the entire educational community
Community Cafés designed for parental engagement
Construction of a perimeter wall
A topographic study to facilitate the construction process
Enhancement of kitchen facilities
Continuation and expansion of extracurricular programs, with a particular focus on Glee Club, Art, Robotics, Discovery, and soccer
Intensification of reading and writing initiatives
Reinforcement of math education
Enhancement of communication and language arts programs

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Meet the students

José

“Hi, I’m José, and I’m 13. My biggest dream is to become one of the best engineers there is.

In my free time, I like playing Call Of Duty with my friends.

I’ve noticed that in my community, many young people face challenges like crime and bad influences. Those often keep them away from their dreams and goals.

I would love to see better patrolling in my community, with the help of officers, to reduce these problems and create a safer environment for everyone. I also dream of seeing students from my school achieving in careers that seem unattainable for many.”

—José, 13

Meet the principal

“I am Flor, director of the Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Tierra Blanca Jornada Matutina. Our community is happy and satisfied. Over the generations, families choose our school because of its central location and facilities that favor learning. We have the support of alumni who now work here, and we are recognized as an inclusive school that caters to children with different educational needs. The school is valued by parents for the quality education we offer, and we aspire to expand to serve more students.

Our challenge is to continually improve, implement technology, and ensure quality education, while protecting our students. We seek to optimize our space with a parent office and address challenges such as insecurity, a lack of employment, and family care. We want our school to be an environment where students can move forward and lose the fear of facing life, seek better employment options, be good, honest, hard-working people, and, above all, have fear of God. And take Guatemala forward while being formed in values.

We thank those who are interested in our school. We invite you to visit us to learn about our needs and activities. We need support for our extracurricular activities, which strengthen the skills of our students.”

—Principal Flor