What We Do
Alex, orphan, age 11, in the first grade.
The Mission
To provide poor and underprivileged children with the fees and materials necessary to attend school in Guatemala.
To provide orphaned children with these same resources, as well as help with food and temporary shelter.
To maintain a self-sustaining school/community center in Santiago for poor, underprivileged children and orphans.
To help children believe in their futures.
"When kids envision their futures, they make better choices."
--Rob Levit, 2014, Founder of Creating Communities
School field trip to the Guatemala Zoo. May, 2013
Blueprints for the TEN FE school/youth community center
What We've Achieved
What We Want to Achieve
2012 - TEN FE sent 6 children to public grade school.
2013 - TEN FE sent 20 children to public grade school.
2014 - TEN FE sent 30 children to a public grade school.
2015 - TEN FE sent 32 children to a public grade school and 2 children to middle school.
2016- TEN FE sent 35 children to a public grade and 4 middle school.
2017- TEN FE is sending 35 children to a public grade school, 5 middle school, and 1 to high school.
All TEN FE families receive basic food supplies on a monthly basis, in order to help offset the financial loss the families incur by sending their children to school, instead of work.
2019- We shipped a container full of donated goods to Guatemala…and after 6 weeks of customs issues…it all arrived to Santiago to set up donated school furniture and computers to the TEN FE School. We are still sending 31 kids to a public grade school and 4 to a middle school, and 1 to high school.
2020- TEN FE primary school opened! We are teaching computers!
2021- TEN FE Middle School opened! We are teaching English!
2022- TEN FE School survived COVID setbacks and has persevered in loving these amazing kids. There is one student with Downs Syndrome, 1 student with severe hearing loss, and 1 student with physical impairments that make speaking a challenge for him. Our teachers are showing them and all of the TEN FE students love and compassion.
2023-TEN FE grade school and middle school is doing well with a total of 87 students. We are in the process of building a second floor to add a high school to the existing grade school and middle school. We are still looking for a $12,000 donation to complete the building. There are no high schools in Santiago, so a (Christian) high school will be a huge blessing for these students and the town.
We want to provide our students with a well-rounded education that will afford them opportunities for academic learning and literacy as well as social and emotional development. Our goal is to instill in our students a life-long love for learning and to foster in them a sense of caring that extends beyond themselves and their immediate lives. We want to provide these underprivileged students with the tools to overcome many of the obstacles they face from living in poverty, by nurturing in them these 7 character strengths:
grit
self-control
zest
social intelligence
gratitude
optimism
curiosity
- by Paul Tough, 2010