Education
Our goal at DIG is to provide education and various therapy opportunities for all regardless of their physical, mental or economic situation. DIG not only provides therapies for the children but support and education for parents as well.. DIG does this through building new schools, improving existing facilities or through our Centre of Hope. The Centre is an education centre and crisis centre. It is the first of its kind in the Jutiapa Province of Guatemala.
Centre of Hope
DIG's Centre of Hope provides various therapies such as, AAT (Animal Assisted Therapy), Water therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Speech/Language therapy, Physical Therapy, Play Therapy, Sensory Integration/Occupational Therapy, Braille and more to our Blind and Visually Impaired students. It is our goal to always provide our students and parents with the best care & educational opportunities available.
Lack of Opportunity
Children can help work a farm where their families can’t afford to hire employees. They can also take care of their siblings if their parents need to leave to find water, food or employment. Unfortunately, this means most children don’t get an education past elementary school as they are only required by law to attend school until grade 6 meaning they don’t develop higher learning skills or economic abilities. A lack of education perpetuates poverty.
Education
DIG has built and/or renovated more than a dozen schools in remote villages to help improve facilities available to provide educational opportunities for children. Giving children a proper education will give them more opportunities to secure employment, breaking the cycle of poverty, thus providing them hope of a brighter and more stable future for them and their families.