Edwin builds a high rise

Sitting in the corner of Edwin’s room is a magnificent model of a high rise, it’s clean lines elevating from the cardboard base. When asked where this building was located he answered: “Only in my mind.”

Edwin is a senior in high school specializing in architecture. He lives in the village of Pacutan, Santa Apolonia in the Guatemalan Highlands.

There is no high school here and Edwin attends an institute which is a 2 hour drive away. His family is very poor, and could not afford to pay for his studies. Thanks to the help he has received from PAVA he has been able to study and make his dream come true, and be the first person in his family to graduate from high school.

He states: “Thanks to PAVA I have been able to continue my studies. My community lacks a high school and many of my classmates started working when they finished grade school because of the lack of opportunity.”

He has been renting a room near the institute and still remembers the days he had to bicycle for hours, or walk carrying his bicycle because of a flat tire.

His enthusiasm and dedication is great, and his vision for the future is to graduate and work in order to help my family. His family is very proud of him.

Thank you all for supporting Edwin’s final year of high school!