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Transforming preschool education in Guatemala We help young People to Disrupt the Model of Preschool Education in Guatemala We train and equip communityminded and entrepreneurial young adults to teach children ages 46 in remote areas hard to reach for the Guatemalan government. With the combination of our culturally relevant curriculum centered on creative learning through the use of natural materials and by tackling chronic child malnutrition with a daily healthy snack we are able to help mentally and physically prepare previously disadvantaged rural children to be successful in the first grade and beyond. Dedicated men and women believe that all children in their communities deserve to have access to early child education 55 previously unemployed young people have become the solution to a longstanding problem disrupting the sad history of Mayans meager access to early child education and flunking out of the first grade. Over 600 kids ages 4 5 and 6 are learning in small groups using innovative activities.