FIGHTING TO DREAM

Today on my blog, I feature a guess blog post from the remarkable work of Jennifer Grom, a youth advocate from the United States.

FIGHTING TO DREAM is a documentary filmed by Jennifer Grom in Ajijic, Mexico in August 2014.

In Ajijic, Mexico, the “small” costs of attendance, likely considered negligible by the middle and upper-class policy-makers, are actually serving as insurmountable barriers to education for the poorest of the poor. This film documents the existence of these barriers despite Mexico’s education system that is labeled “free”.
The purpose of this documentary is to raise awareness about this issue and to remind us of why all children, no matter how poor, should have equal access to quality education. 

FIGHTING TO DREAM is a Save A Future with Education production, funded by a grant from The State University of New York at Geneseo Alumni Association. 

It’s important to recognize that this is a global issue. Throughout the world, so-called “free” education systems are often not synonymous with education systems that are equally accessible to young people from poor families. This is not just happening in the developing world, it’s happening in fully developed nations as well.
The documentary has already been previewed and praised by the Chief Justice of Ghana, Georgina Theodora Wood during her visit to Geneseo, NY in April 2015. 

All friends who share in fighting the dream should join us on facebook by liking FIGHTING TO DREAM-DOCUMENTARY FILM and sharing as well.

The video premiers today the 10th June 2015 and already making waves on youtube. Do you share in fighting to dream? Click on the video right below.

Jennifer Grom graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2015 from The State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and an Honors minor. Jennifer also studied Humanities at the University of Oxford. She will be attending medical school for her Medical Doctorate this fall. Jennifer is Co-founder and President of the Save A Future with Education (S.A.F.E.) scholarship program, as well as, the Helping Orphans by Providing Essentials (H.O.P.E.) program. Jennifer served as an International Youth Delegate at the 2014 World Conference on Youth where she advocated for all young people to have equal access to quality education and healthcare. In 2011, she aided Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDP) in El Sauce, Nicaragua by conducting field research aimed to adequately assess the local health needs. She saw this preliminary research as essential to optimally allocating limited resources in a way to maximize the benefit to the local poor.