Teaching Music in Guatemala
A project in Guatemala City, Guatemala by Todd Cameron Thompson000days
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School kids in Guatemala don't have music teachers. This project will pilot a music class for about 300 kids in 2 schools.
Backers: 120
Average Pledge Per Backer: $84
Funded: $10,109 of $10,000
Dates: Oct 16th -> Dec 1st (47 days)
Project By: Todd Cameron Thompson
Backers: 120
Average Pledge Per Backer: $84
Funded: $10,109 of $10,000
Dates: Oct 16th -> Dec 1st (47 days)
Project By: Todd Cameron Thompson
$10,109
current pledge level
Last Updated: December 1 @ 12:30 -0500 GMT
101%
of goal
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Latest News
24 hours!!! 
November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Karen and I on our way to the jungle to visit a community today. This is exciting!!! Just a little more. Thank you! (Read More)
48 hours to go
November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We still have a couple bucks to raise. But we are getting real close (of course we need to be at this point). Hang in there. Every little bit helps.... This kickstarter thing has been quite a ride. Next to raising the money to teach music... (Read More)
GRATEFUL for all the support!!!
November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thanksgiving!!! We are 75% of our way to the goal!!!!! We are gonna do it! The photo below is from 2009 the first year I visited the Lutheran school in Boca del Monte. Pre-school graduating class at Colegio Luterano in 2009 (Read More)
We are on the home stretch!!!
November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
And when I say stretch I mean it. We are at fifty six percent funded with 100 backers. You probably know that kickstarter is all or nothing, so if we don't meet the goal, we don't get the funds....makes it exciting, but also a bit stressful....... (Read More)
A Sense of Belonging and Achievement
November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
In previous posts, I have talked about how music can improve your studies in math and other subjects and how it can build community, but today I want to focus on music itself not on it’s benefits in other areas of our life. Personally the biggest... (Read More)
Music Education and Brain Development
November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Here are some quotes about music and the brain (http://advocacy.nafme.org/music-education-brain-development/) Music training in childhood “fundamentally alters the nervous system such that neural changes persist in adulthood after auditory training... (Read More)
The rural schools....
November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I just returned from 5 days where we visited 4 rural communities in 5 days. We visited our newest school in a community called Nuevo Porvenir in the department of Quiche. They just built a new building. We had a little graduation ceremony in... (Read More)
Let me be serious for a minute!
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
4th and 5th graders at Colegio Luterano in Boca del Monte Teaching music for me is fun and rewarding. I believe music improves our world. If you know me you know I like to joke around, but let me be serious about teaching music for a minute. Let... (Read More)
Singing Builds Community
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I found this great youtube about three girls choirs from New Jersey. It sums up how I feel about singing and making music together. As one choir girl says, "It just makes you feel good." As one of the music directors says, "Singing has the... (Read More)
Music lessons increase IQ
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Of course IQ is just one measure of the thinking process, but music improves kids chances to be creative and successful. It also gives them something positive they can take with them wherever they go. Let's give some music to the kids in... (Read More)
We are making progress!
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Tell your friends about this fundraiser and share it on facebook or other social media avenues. Thanks for your support!!!!! The picture is of the 5th grade classroom in the public school near our offices at the Lutheran Center in Los Alamos, one... (Read More)
30 days to go!!!
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Singing with the kids at the El Mirador school in 2012 I went to graduation at the El Mirador school yesterday. Four kids graduated from 6th grade and about 10 from pre-school. They were very happy and parents were proud. Tell your friends to... (Read More)
1st graders in Rural Mixta #679 singing "Pin Pon". This is a public school where we teach.
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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