Maya community update 2014

Maya, Honduras 2014
child reporter
Mayuri
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/World Vision
A child’s eye view of life in your
sponsored child’s community
EVERY CHILD FREE FROM FEAR
Hello!
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years old. I live with my Mamá
My name is Mayuri and I’m 12
and my
a small village near Maya. Papá
Papá and my older brother in
after
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brother work on the land, and
the house.
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Seeds of change
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/WorldVision
This year people have been finding
out how to grow their own food in
their gardens. This is me with some
plants, which I water every day
when I get home from school. We
now have more vegetables as part
of our evening meals. Mamá sells
any we have left over at the local
market or gives them to those who
don’t have enough to eat.
© 2013 Bianca Sol
órzano/WorldVisio
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Thank you from your
sponsored child’s community
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/WorldVision
Learning Letters
Here I am with some of the younger children
I help at school. A lot of my friends also tutor
other children. I help them with their maths
and Spanish. I like explaining things to them
and helping them to get better grades. When I
grow up I would like to be a teacher, so it’s good
practice for me too.
Chores at Home
This is me with Mamá, grinding the corn in
our storeroom. We sell this to our friends and
neighbours in the village, as well as using it in our
own cooking. It means we have enough money
to buy clothes and other food, and for me to
go to school every day.
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/WorldVision
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/WorldVision
No more sticks
Here I am with one of the ladies from the
village. She’s standing outside her nice new
house with her baby. The house is made of
bricks and will keep her and the baby safe. She
used to have a house made out of wood and
snakes would come in all the time. She is very
pleased they cannot get in here.
© 2012 Hugo Raymundo Guerra/World Vision
Mothers have been learning
about a balanced diet and food
groups, so their children will be
healthy and strong.
Baby talk
This year your support has helped more than 200
new
mothers learn how to care for their babies. They
learned how
eating a healthy and balanced diet can boost their
children’s
immune systems and reduce the risk of them gettin
g ill. Teenage girls
also took part in sex education sessions, which we
hope will cut
down the number of unplanned pregnancies. These
can see children
becoming parents before they are able to cope, either
financially or
emotionally.
© 2013 Jerson Gamez/World Vision
Healthy eating
Maya,
Honduras
Children have planted school vegetable
gardens this year, and now have plenty of
healthy food to eat at school and at home.
to grow
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More than 250 families now hav
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improve the health and income
A bit more about Honduras
es its border s with
Central America, Honduras shar
The second largest country in
countries in Latin America,
Salvador. It is one of the poorest
Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El
.
living beneath the poverty line
with around 60% of its people
and forth between military
political history, bouncing back
Honduras has had a tumultuous
ting hurricane in 1998, has left
l past, combined with a devasta
rule and democracy. Its politica
e is rampant, with the country
lence fuelled by the drug trad
many people still struggling. Vio
murder rates. Poverty
est
ion of having the wor ld’s high
having the unwelcome distinct
ain has prohibited the
terr
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rou
re in rural areas, and
and food scarcity are most seve
l population isolated.
rt, which keeps much of the rura
development of public transpo
k towards a gradual change.
ities in Honduras as they wor
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unt of food produced
to healthcare, increasing the amo
This includes improving access
s. Another priority is helping
t ways to increase their har vest
and training farmers in differen
p their children in school.
r incomes so that they can kee
families to find ways to raise thei
© 2013 Elvin Cruz/World Vision
…and more
about me
After-school Activities
The community nutrition and
education group meets for
mothers to discuss different
ways they can improve their
children’s wellbeing.
Learning curve
More than 250 children are now following
the national curriculum in schools after
teachers took part in training. We hope
this will help them get nationally recognised
qualifications. We also hope it will help
them go on to further study or to find
work in the future. Parents have also
learned about the benefits for their children
of getting a good education. None of this
would be possible without your support, so
thank you.
I do my homework and then
I
go out to play with my friend
s
or my cousins. We play hide
and seek and skipping. Then I
help Mamá with some of her
jobs. I like grinding the corn
best.
My Favourite Subject
Spanish, especially the reading.
When I Grow Up
I would like to be a school
teacher or a music tutor.
© 2013 Bianca Solórzano/World Vision
Lifecycle of a World Vision
sponsorship programme
Your community
is in Phase 2
Phase 1
Building trust and laying
groundwork.
Phase 2
Contributing to child
well being together
Phase 3
Preparing to leave behind
more resilient communities
As World Vision prepares to
World Vision and communities
leave, communities are better
work together building skills so
Communities and World Vision children and families benefit and equipped to continue their own
development: caring, protecting
participate in projects such as
plan long-term
and providing for children.
education,
nutrition,
clean
water,
projects together.
child protection, food security
and healthcare.
Partnership with
community established.
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