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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Profiles in Sustainable Agriculture: People Before Profits at Guatemala’s Finca Ona
Posted by Laura on February 27, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an article published by the Rainforest Alliance. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. For Manfredo Lippman, whose family has owned Finca Ona since 1966, coffee farming is as much about people and the environment as it is about growing the aromatic bean. His estate farm in [...]
Article: Coffee Hit by Global Warming Say Growers
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 26, 2010 article by The Abundance Farming Project (AFP), and hosted by Google News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY — Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Flashlights & Whistles – Help Guatemalan Women Organizing Against Femicide
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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In the past decade, nearly 4,000 women and young girls have been murdered in Guatemala. Many of them, including girls as young as 10, were tortured and raped, their bodies left in public places. As a result, women have coined the term “femicide” to describe these widespread, gender-based killings committed with impunity. Of the 383 [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Flashlights & Whistles – Help Guatemalan Women Organizing Against Femicide
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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In the past decade, nearly 4,000 women and young girls have been murdered in Guatemala. Many of them, including girls as young as 10, were tortured and raped, their bodies left in public places. As a result, women have coined the term “femicide” to describe these widespread, gender-based killings committed with impunity. Of the 383 [...]
Profile: Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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Adopt-a-Village (AAV) in Guatemala is a small, grassroots non-profit that works with remote villages in the rugged Northwestern Highlands region. This is an area of extreme poverty with few public services or other forms of assistance. AAV partners with leaders of these Mayan villages to build a more promising and sustainable future for their children [...]
Profile: Faith In Action Ministries
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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Faith In Action (FIA) is a 501(c)(3) Christian organization designed to target isolated, remote people who have become lost and stagnant within their developing country. They primarily focus on mountainous highlands and the swampy waterways of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, Central America. Faith in Action takes the Good News into communities that have no church [...]
Article: Guatemala Worlds Largest Cardemom Exporter
Posted by Laura on February 25, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 25, 2010 article pubished by The Guatemala Times. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Guatemala – The green Gold of Guatemala is Cardamom. 23,000 tones of cardamom are cultivated in Guatemala annually. This makes Guatemala the world’s largest exporter. Guatemala’s cardamom production sets the [...]
Article: Retooling Education
Posted by Jon on February 25, 2010
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here is an account of countries around the world with educational shortcomings. Guatemala is on the list of countries where over 30% of young adults have fewer than four years of education. I encourage everyone to skim the article as it’s really quite eye opening. I think some of the solutions discussed in the article [...]
Article: Guatemala – 2009-10 Coffee Crop Struggling To Recover
Posted by Laura on February 25, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 25, 2010 article published by The Wall Street Journal Online. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY (Dow Jones)–Harvesting of Guatemala’s current 2009-10 coffee crop continues at slow pace and weather problems are making a recovery more difficult, Guatemala’s National Coffee Association, or [...]
Profile: Guatemala Healing Hands Foundaiton
Posted by Laura on February 25, 2010
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The Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation (GHHF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality and availability of health care in Guatemala through education, surgery, and therapy. Specializing in the treatment of congenital and hand injuries, they aim to reach Guatemalan children and adults through medical missions led by a team of specialized and skilled [...]
Article: Stairway to the Gods
Posted by Laura on February 24, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by Today Online. Click here to read the article in its entirety. Some 1,700 years ago, the great Mayan civilisation chose this country in Central America to set up their most impressive structures – it was on these sacred grounds that their priests would [...]
Article: Teachers Camp Out in Guatemalan Capital to Press for Pay Hike
Posted by Laura on February 24, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by The Latin American Herald Tribune. Click here to read the article in its entirety. GUATEMALA CITY – Thousands of teachers from all of Guatemala’s 22 provinces occupied the capital’s Constitution Square on Wednesday to press the government for a 16 percent pay raise. [...]
Article: Guatemalan Teachers Block Belize-Guatemala Bridge
Posted by Laura on February 24, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by 7 News Belize. Click here to read the article in its entirety. The Belize National Teachers Union held a Council of Management meeting today – but at news time – we were unable to find out from the union what is the decision [...]
Article: Guatemala's Indigenous Mayans Mark Start of Year 5126
Posted by Kari on February 23, 2010
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The following article is an excerpt from the Vancouver Sun on February 22, 2010. To read the article in full, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan indigenous Maya people held religious and cultural ceremonies Monday to mark the start of the year 5126 under the ancient Mayan calendar. Culture Minister Emilio Ajquejay said that [...]
Article: Guatemala’s Indigenous Mayans Mark Start of Year 5126
Posted by Kari on February 23, 2010
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The following article is an excerpt from the Vancouver Sun on February 22, 2010. To read the article in full, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan indigenous Maya people held religious and cultural ceremonies Monday to mark the start of the year 5126 under the ancient Mayan calendar. Culture Minister Emilio Ajquejay said that [...]
Profile: The Scheel Center
Posted by Laura on February 23, 2010
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Quality education, healthcare, and family development for the region’s poorest children Known for its beauty, culture, and history, the Panchoy Valley also has its marginal zones where homeless families and street children live. In these areas the unemployment rate is high, adolescents lack education, crime is prevalent, alcoholism is rampant, and familial violence is widespread. [...]
Article: SG Biofuels Announces 'Elite' Jatropha Cultivar
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 22, 2010 article published in the Los Angeles Times. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. SG Biofuels on Monday revealed a proprietary variety of the jatropha curcas plant that the Encinitas-based company said will yield more oil at a more profitable rate. The newly [...]
Article: SG Biofuels Announces ‘Elite’ Jatropha Cultivar
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a February 22, 2010 article published in the Los Angeles Times. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. SG Biofuels on Monday revealed a proprietary variety of the jatropha curcas plant that the Encinitas-based company said will yield more oil at a more profitable rate. The newly [...]
Profile: The Valhalla Experimental Station
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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The Valhalla Project is a Guatemala based organization that seeks to reverse global warming, assist indigenous people in developing self-sustaining agriculture, and educate the public about the environment. They accomplish this mission by planting trees. The Valhalla project introduces ungrafted Macadamia seedlings to indigenous people as an alternative to slash and burn agriculture, which contributes [...]
Profile: MADRE
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education and other human rights. They provide resources and training to enable their sister organizations to meet these goals by addressing immediate needs in their communities and developing [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Clinic Link!!
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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To our bilingual friends…we have a volunteer opportunity that you can do from your couch! As you know, our blog currently profiles grassroots groups working on the ground in Guatemala. Eventually, our blog will be bilingual. Until then, we don’t want to miss out on the many groups that have websites only in Spanish. We are [...]