My name is Elvin Pérez, a scholarship student and leader at educate., and I come from a rural mountain community in Chinda, Santa Bárbara. In my community, many young men grow up without access to spaces where they can truly be heard, but educate. is a space that helps break those patterns, promote respect, and build healthier relationships within the community. I hope my story helps others better understand the work educate. does and the powerful impact it has on our lives.
In the rural communities of Santa Bárbara, Honduras, girls face significant barriers to education and access to information about their bodies, rights and health. By reaching girls early with tailored workshops about menstrual health, sexuality, and other topics, we can ensure that girls understand the changes in their bodies and approach them with confidence rather than shame. This is a first step towards preventing adolescent pregnancy, reducing gender based violence, and ensuring girls are able to make informed decisions about issues that affect their lives.
This week, our scholarship student Tania became our very first university graduate, achieving her degree in Industrial Engineering with honours! Born and raised in the coffee-growing town of Trinidad, Santa Bárbara, Tania grew up living with her mother, sister, grandparents, uncle and younger cousin, in a community on the outskirts of the town. She attended … Continue reading Tania becomes educate.’s first university graduate!
Narratives support broader power imbalances, so through narratives we can either choose to further entrench existing neo-colonial ideas of power and poverty, or we can strive to challenge these dominant narratives and be part of creating a shift in our world's collective imagination of countries, people and power that rejects neo-colonial power imbalances. Perhaps by changing the narrative, we can counter this imbalance.
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