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Computer Centers in Guatemala Empower Rural Children to Generate Income
TLDR Cooperative for Education sponsors computer centers in Guatemala that teach rural, poor children Microsoft Office programs and data analysis, allowing them to start businesses, make presentations that change minds, and generate income for themselves and their families.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
Team Stuff You Should Know visits their second school in Guatemala for a computer center inauguration and meets Howard Lobb, who describes the computer program and the partnerships involved in funding it.
03:12
Cooperative for Education sponsors computer centers in Guatemala that teach rural, poor children Microsoft Office programs, email, and other skills, allowing them to start businesses and generate income for themselves and their families.
06:23
Cooperative for Education in Guatemala teaches rural children Microsoft Office programs and data analysis, allowing them to make presentations that change the minds of farmers and generate income for themselves and their families.
09:34
The hosts witnessed a Mayan dance involving a live chicken, but were relieved to find out that the chicken was not actually sacrificed, and later visited a computer lab where they saw the impact of Co-Ed's work in teaching rural children computer skills.
12:26
Gabby, a psychologist and translator for the trip, explains why she left her private practice to work with Co-Ed and help the children of Guatemala, expressing her love for her country and the personal connections she has made with the kids who have benefited from Co-Ed's programs.
15:28
During their visit to an orphanage school, the hosts meet a girl who wants to become a bilingual doctor, but her parents are low-income workers and her mother is a servant for a family in the city.
18:45
A 14-year-old girl in Guatemala takes care of her younger brothers and household chores because her parents have gone away to work, and she wants to become a bilingual doctor to have better opportunities than her parents.
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Society & Culture
