 Las Manos de Christine is an NGO dedicated to providing quality English instruction, educational programs, and support to less fortunate children in Guatemala. We work with projects and in communities where the children's nutritional and general health requirements are being met. We believe the key to a bright future for these children and their communities lies in a quality education. Instruction in English
might not seem the most useful thing you could give to a disadvantaged
child. However, we believe that the best way to fight poverty
in the long term is through education, particularly in a
marketable skill such as English. Speaking English gives access to
higher education, scholarships, business opportunities, and to stable
and well-paying jobs in international companies, tourism, service industries, and education. When Las Manos children graduate and enter the job market they are better equipped to compete with their peers who have had access to a private bilingual education. By being competitive participants in a global economy our students can build careers without the limitations they might have had from growing up with the restrictions of poverty. By becoming bilingual they significantly increase their chances of breaking themselves and their families out of the cycle of poverty. We not only provide English courses, but concentrate our efforts on ea rly childhood education and marketable skills such as carpentry. Las Manos is dedicated to providing opportunities for children through quality education in order to assure a happy and healthier community as our students grow up to become educated and confident leaders. We administer quality educational support by providing good resources and professional
teachers to institutions already engaged in education. By instilling a sound and localizedcurriculum for our students, providing all the materials needed for successful courses, and developing a culturally applicable basis for learning English, we work with the intention of eventually making ourselves obsolete. That is, we hope to leave our host institutions with all the means and know-how to direct their own English and educational courses without reliance on outside sources, ultimately leaving behind sustainable programs in the school that can be administrated locally and taught by local teachers who grew up inside the Las Manos de Christine program. 
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