annual report 2010

ANNUAL
REPORT
2010
index
gratefulness letter from Salvador Paiz.................................... 4
Welcome Letter from Jessica Hammer.................................... 6
Our History........................................................................................ 8
Vision, mission and actions Methods...................................... 9
Technology for Education Program.......................................... 10
Opening the Future Program...................................................... 11
GuateConnects................................................................................ 16
Coverage and results 2010......................................................... 17
Board of members, FUNSEPA teamwork................................ 19
Finantial review 2009.................................................................... 20
Success stories................................................................................. 22
Special thanks to our donors...................................................... 24
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It is my great honor to present the Annual Report
of Sergio Paiz Foundation-FUNSEPA.
FUNSEPA was born from the promise that my
mother, my siblings and I did, to honor the memory
of my father, Sergio Paiz Andrade, following his
mission and work. Being here after four years,
reporting our achievements is a sign that we have
fulfilled that promise and we are following his
footsteps.
FUNSEPA was conceived with the mission to
implement the teachings and vision of country
development, of my father, focused on 3 issues
that were important not only for him but it goes
hand in hand with poverty reduction and are
oriented to the most important issues for the
society progress: Education, Technology and
Country Development.
For me education translates to “prepare the next
generations for the road ahead” and in an era
where technology appears as a condition of
development, we must teach our children to use
it. So FUNSEPA aims to improve the quality of
education in Guatemala, leading our people to
the competitive levels needed to advance in the
XXI century.
humble, but decided to work to pay for his studies.
We believe that the results and accomplishments
he achieved in his life are the product of hard work
and education.
We are entering the second decade of the twentyfirst century, technology is essential for much
of the current work. That is why digital literacy
must become a moral obligation of all the
Guatemalans.
We understand also, that the quality of education
can not be greater than the quality and skills of
teachers and principals, which is why we have
focused on the training program. We know that
this is a difficult task and that the future of our
children is in our hands, therefore to do a good job
is imperative.
But we also know that success is based on
partnerships, so we take this opportunity to
thank all our partners, donors, volunteers and all
those Guatemalans who somehow or other have
enabled us to do our work and say today: We’re
doing good!
Salvador Paiz
President
The value of education is something that comes
from my grandfather, Carlos Paiz, who was
orphaned at age 7 and his only brother died at
age 11. He had a hard time to obtain access to
education that he seek for himself. His origins were
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Welcome
Friends...!
computers, will also receive training that our team
provides in digital initiation.
It is an honor to share with you the work we do
in the Sergio Paiz Foundation - FUNSEPA. It was a
year full of changes and new projects, analysis and
proposals that lead us to a synergy of programs.
We believe in self-management and community
sustainability. For which we have developed a
manual to give to schools, which allows them to
learn from real success stories, learn and manage
their own internal processes that allow them to
grow and strengthen the technology project
initiated by our support.
Before sharing with you the actions we have
taken, I want to thank every staff member, for their
enthusiasm, commitment and dedication to the
tasks they perform. One of the major forces that
FUNSEPA undoubtedly counts with is its human
resource, and what better time to acknowledge
before you the work that each one performs, as
they are key throughout the process that we do
to promote the development and education in the
communities, municipalities and departments of
our Guatemala.
I am fortunate in having a team that unites a
mystique of service and commitment. We all
embrace the same mission: to reduce the digital
gap in the classrooms of our public schools ..!
FUNSEPA recognizes that only equipping
computers to the public schools will not managed
to decrease the digital gap. Therefore it is
considered necessary to connect the equipment
of schools with the training of teachers; and
with it we will obtain much more in improving
education quality. This has been one of the
significant achievements of 2010, the synergy
between Education Technology and Opening the
Future. Beginning 2011, schools that receive the
Opening the Future project in 2011 will be our
Training and Development Program that will
continue ongoing research on new technological
processes of learning, developing new
technological tools and educational support to
the teacher; enabling each school that we equip
and monitoring the progress of teachers in their
classrooms.
In 2010 we are installed the 10,000th computer
and it fulfilled us with great satisfaction. We are
also committed to not only continue to expand
coverage to more schools but to improve our
performance, to offer our educational system better
tools to seek the development of our children, the
future decision makers of Guatemala.
Jessica Hammer
Executive Director
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About Us
Sergio Paiz Andrade
Foundation
Our History
Sergio Paiz Foundation - FUNSEPA is a nonprofit
organization founded in memory of businessman
Sergio Paiz Andrade, who throughout his life
used the technology and education as a mean
to sustainable development in Central American
Region.
FUNSEPA since its inception in 2006, has pioneered
and innovated actions concerning the inclusion
of the technology in education to promote the
improvement of educational quality.
It began its activities with the implementation of
the Technology for Education Program - TPE, which
aims to bring technology to elementary public
schools. FUNSEPA aims to reduce the digital gap
and as a first step it is necessary to promote access
of technology in education.
FUNSEPA recognizes that the work of
technology inclusion in schools is
not only to supply the hardware
to
educational
centers,
but as well provide
training to key players
in this development
and
educational
improvement.That is
why FUNSEPA
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leads the implementation of Opening the Future
project, which aims to train and strengthen the
abilities of teachers of the public sector in the
use and application of technology as a tool to
boost educational development, with emphasis in
priority areas.
Mission
To contribute to the development of Guatemala
by improving education through the use of
technology.
Vision
Be the lead organization, a pioneer and innovator,
in the field of education by using technology
to influence and better the development of
Guatemala.
Action Methods
1. Access to Technology. This action ensures the
insertion of technology to classrooms, schools
and communities through the installation of
computer labs, and the training for teachers,
school authorities and community members.
2. Sustainability of The Foundation. Ensures
that the foundation has sufficient resources to
achieve its vision.
3. Positioning and Institutional Development.
Ensures that the Foundation has policies,
actions and mechanisms that improve the
development of the institution, and allows
it to achieve recognition in a national and
international level.
4. Continuous Innovation. Ensures that the
Foundation has updated information, a result
of perpetual Monitoring and Evaluation and its
processes, in the investigation and research, and
upgrade of new technology and educational
tools that can achieve quality in the operation.
5. Administration and Human Resources.
This action ensures the proper support for
the successful implementation of strategic
planning from 2011 to 2015.
6. Connectivity. Be the catalyst for the creation
of a network that is sustainable and free for
schools nationwide.
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Our
Programs
Technology for Education - TPE
Technology for Education Program was born as
a multisectoral alliance with an innovative vision
of national change involving the private sector,
government, foundations and international
organizations. Members of the Alliance - who
relied on FUNSEPA the implementation of the
Technology for Education project-TPE -, share the
same vision: to improve the quality of education
of the children in Guatemala and prepare them for
the exercise of citizenship in a developed society.
To develop TPE, we had the support and advice from
Computers for Schools from Colombia, which
since its inception have accompanied the process
with the support of the Canadian Government
through the Fund for the Development of
Education in Guatemala (FODE).
The overall objective of TPE is to create a selfsustaining program of continuous supply of
donated computer equipment, new or used to
improve the quality of education and global
competitiveness of our Guatemalan children in
elementary public schools.
To achieve this goal, TPE counts with a
Refurbishing center which receives, repairs
and renovates used computers for later
delivery at no cost to the nation’s public schools.
Educational software that has been installed on
the computer equipment delivered to schools, has
been prepared by the research team of FUNSEPA
and been approved by the Ministry of Education.
TPE provides the educational and technical
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support as crucial to ensuring a positive impact
on school and community life. After the period of
support, ongoing maintenance and sustainability
are the responsibility of the School Board and
school as well.
Opening the Future
In 2007 the Ministry of Education launched the
project “Opening the Future” (Abriendo Futuro in
Spanish), with the goal that public school teachers
could acquire their own computers at a low price
and with affordable financial plans.
Given the success of this project, the Ministry of
Education and Microsoft have selected FUNSEPA
to be the organization responsible for the training
of the teachers in the public sector, of the use
and application of technology as a tool to boost
the educational development, with emphasis on
priority areas.
FUNSEPA promotes technology education
to all teachers and educational
supervisors, with the object to
facilitate educational and
technological
processes
in school management,
leading the pursuit for
continuous
professional
updating.
Opening the Future began
the process of training teachers
in the course on Digital Initiation,
and then on to develop school
management and Values Growth
courses. This certainly shows the influence
and strength of this program,
which not only it counts with
the preference of the teachers
sector, but as well with the
confidence of Microsoft and
the Ministry of
Education, who
relied this task on
FUNSEPA.
It is noteworthy that the trained teachers
participate constantly in Opening the Future
webpage created for this project, www.funsepa.
net and www.funsepa.org /abriendofuturo.
Opening the Future not only has the expertise but
the ability to develop workshops using technology
to promote and develop skills and empowers
professional training in education. Basically it
has influenced teachers to seek new ways to
update their knowledge and their practice for the
benefit of their communities, having a similarly
influence on children and teenagers, encouraging
them to use technology as a means of
development and learning.
Components
As principal axes of the Opening the
Future Project were determined the
components that enable the development,
systematization, participation and integration of
virtual communities.
a. Training
The main task is to train teachers in the public
sector in the use and development of digital
resources and services available and in integrating
them in the teaching and learning processes.
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training process.
b. Visit and Monitoring
Follow up is provided to teachers,
principals and supervisors that attend
training, by visiting schools, through
phone calls, text messages, chat and
E-Learning webpage with the purpose
to provide the necessary advice and
encouragement to continue the started
c. Projects
Using a guide for this purpose is made to ensure if the participants achieve specific
objectives for each course. Projects are delivered to the trainer for assessment and
feedback.
d. Inter-institutional Coordination
Opening the Future makes strategic links with the Departmental
Offices of Education with the purpose to create this approach
that allows a better interaction between FUNSEPA and
teachers.
e. Development of resources and digital services
One of the most important components is to develop digital
resources and services to promote the integration of technology
in the classroom, based on the basic national curriculum
(Currículo Nacional Base) of the Ministry of Education and the
priorities set by the Ministry.
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Opening the Future Courses
Opening the Future has implemented Digital
Initiation courses, School Management and
Values Growth which promote the improvement of
educational quality in schools.
a. Digital Initiation
This course is developed to give educators the basic
tools in the use of technology. Through adult education
teaching methodology is intended that educators begin
to learn and understand the technology.
Total: 96 horas
Live
Distance
Technical
Support
4 Workshops of 3 hours each
one (12 hours)
15 hours weekly as minimum for aplication and
material excercise. (60 hours)
3 hours weekly following up on the process of the
training by instructor. (24 hours)
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b. School Management
This course allows you to develop coordination
relations in the three levels of the management:
the classroom, the school and the institution
(MINEDUC). This process has achieved a new
vision of school management, focusing not only
the purely administrative aspects of it, but coming
to view it as the management of education.
The School Management course is designed to be
taught at three levels:
• Classroom Management, aimed for teachers
• School Management, addressed to school principals
• Institutional management, aimed for educational
supervisors and management technician coordinators
This course has a digital mentor called SEPI, a
caterpillar that with the process of self development
it becomes a butterfly in the end.
Distance
Online
Technical
Support
Live
Total: 96 horas
4 workshops of 3 hours each
one. (12 hours)
30 hours weekly for material application and
exercises. (60 hours)
3 hours weekly online where they can access the website at any time and day. (12 hours)
3 hours weekly living support to the training process
by the instructor. (12 hours)
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c. Growing in Values
Opening the Future developed and implemented the course Values Growth to support and promote
the Culture of Peace and Full Life program that the Ministry of Education launched in September 2010.
FUNSEPA developed a pilot plan in the department of Chimaltenango in November.
This course aims to strengthen in the Guatemalans the culture of peace, thus contributing to the
education of “changing agents” and protagonists of their own development.
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GuateConnects
The
access to information
is a human right, and in Guatemala
less than 0.6% of schools have Internet
access. It is for this reason that FunSEPA
implemented the project, GuateConnects.
GuateConnects is an initiative that seeks to connect the 18,000
public elementary schools in Guatemala with the latest technology,
at affordable costs, performing a multi-sectoral alliance that works to
achieve this vision with a sustainable Project.
GuateConnects also seeks to provide quality content to the students,
teachers and their community, in the areas of Information Technology
and Communication Technology (ICTs), education, health. Also
providing support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in
terms of business administration, especially for the youth, and
small business owners, interested in becoming internet service
providers and others.
This project seeks to achieve the connectivity
required to carry out the first project of “Digital
Literacy,” of immense importance to the
history of Guatemala.
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Coverage and
Results 2010
Technology for Education
Equipped schools by department
GENRAL
RESULTS
2010
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Equipped Schools
739
Kids with access to technology 258,650
Refurbished computers
10,052
32
63
41
28
27
25
25
43
46
24
27
124
25
45
15
13
15
32
28
19
32
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Opening the future
Trained teachers by gender
Women: 15,765
Men: 9,436
63%
37%
Trained Teachers Projected vs. Trained Teachers Achieved
Achieved
Projected
25000
21,171
20000
15000
12,000
10000
5000
0
7,799
3,869
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Digital Initiation
School Management
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Growing in Values
Note: In 2010, Opening the Future gave Digital Iniciation Course in Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Sololá and Totonicapán, achieving
the coverage to all the country.
School Management was given to Alta Verapaz, San Marcos, Jutiapa Chiquimula, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, Quiché and
Totonicapán.
Growing Values was developed in the departament of Chimaltenango as a pilot plan.
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Board of members
Salvador Paiz
Patricia Del Carmen de Paiz
Sergio Paiz
Carolina Paiz
Presidente
Vicepresidenta
Secretario
Tesorera
FUNSEPA teamwork
Jessica Hammer
Melvin Canté
Juan Pablo Roca
Esdin Pacaja
Filmar Roche
Mario Galicia
José Reyes
Flor Dom
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Valeria Fuentes
Gustavo Rosale
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Emilio Or
Miguel A . Quinteros
Mayra de Hernández
Shannon De Mata
Hector Bringuez
Edwin C
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Sonia González
Ericsson
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finantial review
2009
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Success Stories
“You have to be updated with technology”
Gloria Amparo Sandoval Chávez, teacher of Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta
Obrajuelo, Municipality of Agua Blanca, Jutiapa
”For me to participate in the computer training
was a challenge because I was so afraid to use the
computer because I imagined it might break, plus I
had a hard time moving the mouse, but thanks to
computer training that we received now I can handle
more than the mouse and I do not get scared any
more, I’m happy because I learned to turn on and off
the computer and start learning about productivity
programs, which I love it because I believe that next
year this will be very useful for my work.
I also believe that to be a teacher one has to keep
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up with technology because students manage
very well the computer and it is good to know
how to use it and go in hand by hand with them to
know how to guide them.
Thanks to FUNSEPA for the opportunity given us
to receive this training because we bought the
computer and it was urgent to teach us how to
use it and what better than by the CDs given to
us because there is everything that one needs
to know, it is only matter of dedicating time and
practice to all activities that are included”.
”It was a dream for us to get
to have computers in the school”
Luis Emilio Morales, Principal of Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta
José Basconcelos, Champerico, Retalhuleu
Each school that Technology for Educating –
TPE- supports, has great significance not only
for its team but for every community that it
benefits. For us, in 2010 it was special to equip 7
schools in Retalhuleu, as we saw again the selfmanagement and commitment of the principals
of the municipalities Santa Cruz Muluá, El Asintal,
Retalhuleu and Champerico.
From the moment they knew about the TPE, the
school principals organized the community to
convey the importance of bringing technology
into the schools and the benefits for their children.
At first both parents and the community did not
believe it was possible to realize this dream, “a
better education for children”, but the principals
injected the enthusiasm and organized soon to
have a Technology and Training Centre at their
school .
That was how parents organized themselves to
build an area to be designated for the computers.
Tasks were performed by electricians, carpenters
and masons, and which all contributed their time.
We were able to witness the drive and perseverance
of the communities who worked hard to prepare
not only physical space but to get a computer
teacher that will support the education of their
children.
When they were ready, they prepared a party to
receive the donation that FUNSEPA provided,
112 computers in total were distributed in seven
different schools in the municipalities mentioned
above. The whole community celebrated for
having reached their goal and see their dream
come true. Parents, teachers and children were
ready to begin a new path: technology. There were
more than 2,000 excited children who received the
donation and that from that moment were open
to new opportunities.
Currently, schools are committed to maintain
in good condition its Technology and Training
Center and not only for children to use computers,
but as well parents learn how to use them. We are
pleased and honored to have been part of the
development process of these communities.
Our commitment to schools in Guatemala grows
stronger every day.
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special thanks
to our donors
Abelino Pérez
ACME Producciones
Adriane Engelberg
Agencias Way
Aldo Bonilla
Alexandra Cabané
Alfredo Figueroa
Alicia de Mayora
Alma de Luna
Ana Lucía Solórzano
Anabella Pilman
Andrea de Tejeda
Angel Ovando
Allied Contact Center
& BPO
AMANCO
APROFAM
AVON
BACO
Banco Agrícola
Mercantil
Banco Americano
Banco Azteca
Banco de Occidente
Banco G&T
Banco Industrial
Banco Internacional
Banco Mundial
Banco Reformador
Banrural
Barbara
Marsicovetere
Blue Oil
Byron Menéndez
Calzado Cobán
Cámara de Industria
de Guatemala
Canales 3 y 7
Canadá
Cargill
Carmen Alegría
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Carrillo & Asociados
Celina Paiz
Central de Radios
Citibank
CODISA
Colegio Americano
Colleen Moll
CONCYT
COPA Airlines
Corporación Aceros
de Guatemala
CPS
De Museo
Dennis Levi
Eco Young &
Rubicam
Edificio Europlaza
Electra
El Taller del Stand
Empresarios por la
Educación
Emy Torres
Erick González
Erick Ruiz
Erick Soto
ESSO
Eugenia Farchi
Evelyn Davison
Fahonda
Familia Yoc Matul
Familia Los
Fernando Ortiz
Fernando Paiz
Fondo Unido
Francisca Leal
Francisco Acevedo
Fundación Azteca
Fundación Paiz
Gabriel Biguria
Geraldina Dávila de
Bolaños
GNC
Gonzalo Rodríguez
Gregg Koenigsberger
Grupo Financiero de
Occidente
Grupo Los Tres
Centroamérica
Grupo Santander
Grupo Solid
Grupo Tecun
Grupo Unipharm
Guandy
Guillermo Ortiz
Guillermo Porras
Heineman Research
Henkel
Hotel Radisson
INGUAT
INTEL
Isabel Paiz de Serra
Isabel Rodill
Isopan
Ivon Trejo
Jorge Montenegro
Joanne Engelberg
JPMorgan
Juan Carlos Rivera
Judy Dent
Kellogg`s
KOREA
Laprin
Laura María
Velásquez
Librería Piedrasanta
Luis Guillermo
Luvia Gularte de
Miranda
Macro Print
Maersk
Maria del Rosario de
Moreno
María Mercedes de
Asturias
Marta Regina
Minence
Martha Muñiz
Mayaprint
Melanni de Paiz
Merck
Microsoft
Milly Reyes
Ministerio de
Educación
Ministerio de
Finanzas
Nestlé
Nuestro Diario
Organización de los
Estados Americanos
Orlando Palencia
Patricia Coronado
Paulina Delgado de
Paiz
Pecos Bill
Pepsi
Persiluz
Pfizer
Policolor
Pollo Campero
Programa de
Naciones Unidas
para el Desarrollo
Purina
QuickPhoto
Raúl Aguilar
Ricardo Laparra
Regina Cordón
Rudy Keller
SAT
Saúl E. Méndez
Seaboard
Sergio Hernández
Siemens
Silvia Demburg
Stella de Paiz
Taca
Tamarindos
TecniSeguros
Telefónica
The Shop
Tito Rivera
Transactel
Transferencias y
Transacciones
UNICEF
UNIREFRI
UNESCO
United Airlines
Universidad
Rafael Landivar
Universidad del Valle
Universidad
del Istmo
USAID
Wal-Mart
Centroamérica
Walking Closet
Wells of Hope