Getting to know your child through correspondence can be one of the greatest joys of student sponsorship. The love and encouragement in a letter can have a lasting impact on the life of your sponsored student. Many sponsored students have never written a letter before, so we ask that sponsors be patient as the students may be fearful, embarrassed or unsure of what to write.  This may happen even though writing to their sponsors is a “condition of receiving the scholarship”.  Students will probably write in Spanish.  If you can’t get the letters translated, please let us know and we will get someone to do the translation.  You can write in English and we will translate the letters in Spanish for the students.  Corresponding with your sponsored student is not required and some sponsors choose not to write. However, corresponding can be one of the most rewarding parts of sponsorship – for both you and your sponsored student. Sponsors, on occasion, have chosen to learn Spanish to read their students letters!
One possibility is to sponsor a student in the name of a child, grandchild, or other youth.  The correspondence can be exchanged between the student in Guatemala and the youth in America.  We ask that you supervise any correspondence between young people. The students cannot ask for any money or gifts directly from the sponsor.  Also we ask sponsors not to discuss any plans for travel to the United States by the student.  If you have any questions or concerns about the correspondence content or process, please don’t hesitate to contact us.