Child Aid - Building Brighter Futures

We post a lot of photos of the insides of libraries we help create. They tend to be bright, colorful, clean places that create an atmosphere where children want to read. What these photos don’t show are the day-to-day realities children face just outside those walls. Here are a few photos of the communities of Palá and Xojolá which illustrate how people live in rural Guatemala and the need children have for greater opportunities. Child Aid begins work in both towns this year to help the communities implement our childhood literacy programs.

Typical home in Palá with firewood stacked outside.

Many Guatemalans must collect firewood from afar to fuel their cooking stoves, such as this man in Xojolá.

Storefront and house made of adobe bricks in Palá.