A Guatemalan girl takes a break as she wanders out of one of the Adopt-a-Village schools in Northwest Guatemala. Relief workers in Guatemala estimate girls in rural Mayan villages are lucky to get three years of school. Educating Mayans, especially girls, gives them options beyond housework, fields or immigrating illegally to the United States.

Photo by DAVID AHNTHOLZ

A Guatemalan girl takes a break as she wanders out of one of the Adopt-a-Village schools in Northwest Guatemala. Relief workers in Guatemala estimate girls in rural Mayan villages are lucky to get three years of school. Educating Mayans, especially girls, gives them options beyond housework, fields or immigrating illegally to the United States.

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