This article has been excerpted from the Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) on March 3, 2010. To read the full piece, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY, Mar 3, 2010 (IPS) – Guatemala knows that when it comes time to demonstrate compliance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of global anti-poverty and development [...]
Category Archives: Education
Article: 6,000 Plastic Bottles + Some Dedicated Villagers = New Schoolhouse in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on March 3, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a January 28, 2010 article published by Planet Green. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. You’d never know it just from looking, but the new bright orange schoolhouse in Granados, Guatemala has walls built with used plastic bottles—and so much other plastic waste that the team [...]
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: 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: 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: Good News from Ecoregion Lachua, Guatemala
Posted by Kari on February 13, 2010
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The following article was published in the Guatemala Times on February 13, 2010. By BARBARA SCHIEBER: From the characterization of subsistence hunting to its communitarian management. Applied participative research with Maya-Q´eqchi´ communities in the Ecoregion Lachuá, Guatemala How did it all start: Wildlife hunting for domestic consumption (subsistence hunting) is a very common activity that is part [...]
Article: Latest News from Guatemala: Where have all the teachers gone?
Posted by Laura on February 1, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an article published in the January, 2010 newsletter from Avivará. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Recently it seems, they have been “taking it to the streets.” With the announcement in December that the government would be cutting 32,000 jobs in health, education and police due [...]
Article: Teachers’ Protest Delays Start of School Year in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on January 31, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a January 29, 2010 article published by the Latin American Times. To read the article in its entirety, click here. GUATEMALA CITY – Thousands of Guatemalan public school teachers impeded the start of the 2010 school year, staging a large demonstration on Friday to demand an increase in the education [...]
Article: Guatemala Teachers Meet for Budget Rise
Posted by Laura on January 7, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a Janaury 7, 2010 article published by Inside Costa Rica. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA – The Guatemalan teachers” guild announced on Wednesday that it would declare itself in permanent assembly to analyze measures that exert pressure Congress to increase the sector’s budget this [...]