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TO SPONSOR A CHILD
You can sponsor a child from the school for $20 a month. The money received helps pay  educational expenses, health needs, special programs (such as camp), and emergency needs of the family. It will also bring encouragement to the child and their family, who struggle with the basic necessities of life.
 
HOW TO BECOME A SPONSOR...
Write us at the above address.  Include your e-mail or street address, and we will send you a sponsorship form, on which you will give your personal information.  You may choose to sponsor a child, and will give your  preferences for the age and gender of the child you wish to sponsor.  Or you may choose to sponsor all or part of the salary of a teacher.  When the form is complete, send it to the given address.  Include a check or money order made out to CHILDREN OF LAKE ATITLAN.  All donations are tax deductable  You have the option to pay monthly, quarterly, or annually. 
 
You may include with your registration a personal greeting and/or photo to the child you will sponsor. In your greeting, do not include your home address, e-mail or phone number. All letters are translated before they are sent. This is completely optional, but helps the child sponsored to get to know you, as you will get to know
them.  They want to know you as a person.
 
WHEN YOUR SPONSOR FORM IS RECEIVED, WE WILL SEND YOU...
Personal information about the child you are sponsoring, along with a photo.
Personal letters from the child you are sponsoring throughout the year.
Updates about the school and the community of San Juan La Laguna.
Information about communicating with the child you sponsor.
 
Christmas vacation is a time when most of the children of the villages around Lake Atitlan work to harvest coffee.  The New Dawning Christian School takes them away from their work for one day before Christmas in order to celebrate with the children.  In the morning there are activities, stories, games, and a Christmas program.  Then in the afternoon each child is presented a Christmas basket which contains a gift, in addition to such staples as rice, beans, corn, oil, and other staples which will be of great benefit to their family.  It is a joyous time, thanks to the contributions of sponsors and friends.  Check out our project page for some photos.