ANADESA: Anadesa´s brilliant accountant.

My name is Francisco, but my friends call me Chico. I am 26 years old and I live in a rural community of Santiago Atitlán that is named Tzanchaj.  

 

My father studied the first grade of primary school and works as a day laborer. My mother did not study but earns her living weaving textile with foot looms. I have a brother who is 22 and two sisters who are 24 and 20.

 

As a child, I always enjoyed school, I especially liked numbers. I wanted to continue studying, but my parents couldn't cover all the school expenses.

 

My mother was concerned about my improvement and she looked for someone to help me get ahead and that's when she heard about the scholarships and went to leave my stationery and they did a socioeconomic study, days later they approved my entry into the organization as a scholarship holder for 6 years.

 

In ninth grade I had to decide that I was going to study in high school and I decided to study accounting. And that’s how it was.

 

In high school I did my community service with ANADESA applying my accounting knowledge from school. At first it was difficult but I learned many things with the support of the ANADESA team.

 

When I graduated from high school they hired me to work with them as their accountant.

 

Now I have been working with ANADESA for 8 years, and besides accounting, I have been a tutor and coordinator of the youth project.

 

As an older brother, I can see the changes in my family from one generation to the next. As a member of the community, I see the benefit of helping young people to continue their studies.

 

Speaking of the family, Father's Day is celebrated in June in Guatemala. June is a special month to honor our parents, tell them how much we love them and how important they are for raising children.

 

At Anadesa we celebrate Father's Day and we were so happy to welcome 46 fathers to the celebration activities! It was the first time that had happened in ANADESA, because in the past the fathers didn’t show up. 

 

A major challenge is getting fathers to start participating and making them aware that their role in the family is not just to support the family by earning money through work. But also to be a participant in the daily care, and be responsible in the fulfillment of domestic tasks, such as: feeding, dressing, walking, putting children to sleep, playing, bathing and teaching their children.

 

Happy Father's Day! The ANADESA Association wishes all the fathers and mothers who work hard every day to support their families.

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