Goals
The goal of the Omaha IXIM Education Committee is to support the Huehuetenango Diocese Education System by working to meet the needs they have expressed to us. Specifically, they have requested the following.
1.Partnerships between US and Guatemala schools
a.Support through prayer for one another
b.Correspondence between schools a minimum of once a year
i.Culture/faith sharing via the exchange of student-made videos, CDs, gifts, etc.
ii.Nurturing of friendship via the exchange of letters and cards
2.Funding to assist with the following needs
a.Textbooks and library books
b.Workshops and inservices for teachers
i. To update current training
ii. To expand curriculum to include human rights, computers, English
iii. To be offered near teachers’ home towns and villages
c.Increases in teacher salaries
d.Educational scholarships
i. For needy students
ii. For teachers-in-training
e.Reduction in school deficits
f.Computers
i. Labs for use by students
ii. Computers for use as a resource/tool of teachers
iii. Technical support
iv. Computer training for teachers
g.Teaching resources, classroom supplies and manipulatives
