The following excerpt is from Roots & Wings’ latest newsletter. To read the newletter in its entirety, please click here. Tech Center Progress: Sewage Treatment Plant Addition It’s been nearly four months since beginning construction on the new Technology Center in Pasac, Guatemala. Progress has been constant despite Guatemala’s rainy season (May through October). Everything [...]
Category Archives: Articles
Article: A Homestay in Guatemala: Making My Own Tortillas (but Eating Theirs)
Posted by Laura on August 10, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an August 10, 2010 article published by The New York Times. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The sound made by two women’s hands simultaneously patting corn dough into tortillas bears a strong resemblance to the sound of scattered raindrops falling on a bare roof: staccato [...]
Article: Mexico’s Narco Plague Spreads South
Posted by Laura on August 5, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an July 31, 2010 article published by The Washington Post. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador Drug cartel violence in Mexico is quickly spilling south into Central America and is threatening to destabilize fragile countries already rife with crime and corruption, [...]
Article: Children in Crisis
Posted by Laura on July 22, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 22, 2010 article published by Stanford University News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Children in Crisis: Stanford Researcher Blends Medicine, Politics to Improve Health of Guatemala’s Poorest BY ADAM GORLICK SAN JUAN EL MIRADOR, Guatemala – Dozens of children are heading into a [...]
Article: 1600-Year-Old Mayan King’s Tomb Discovered in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on July 17, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 17, 2010 article published by SIFY News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Archaeologists have discovered a tomb of an ancient Mayan king in Guatemala, filled with materials that have been preserved for approximately 1,600 years. Brown University’s Stephen Houston and his colleagues uncovered [...]
Article: Court Ruling Affects Guatemalan Women Seeking Asylum in U.S.
Posted by Laura on July 17, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 13, 2010 article, published by CNN.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. (CNN) — An appeals court ruling has raised the possibility that Guatemalan women will be able to seek asylum in the United States because of the high rates of femicide in that [...]
Article: 23 Die in Day of Violence in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on July 11, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 11, 2010 article published by The Latin American Times. To read this article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – Violence continues unabated in Guatemala, where at least 23 people, including six women and a girl, died in one day this weekend, the press reported Sunday, [...]
Article: Alarming Spread of Dengue in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on July 2, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a July 1, 2010 article published by InsideCostaRica.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA – Guatemalan health authorities issued a red alert and began a drive to reduce the rising number of dengue cases and growing Aedes Aegipty mosquito population reported in the first six [...]
Article: Giving Poor Women Entrepreneurs a Boost
Posted by Laura on June 25, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 21, 2010 article published by IPS. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Rosenda Gómez, a 53-year-old mother of five, knows all about challenges. To overcome them, she started a modest sausage business in Guatemala, and thanks to her leadership skills and training and other [...]
Article: Guatemala Says it Will Suspend Goldcorp Mine
Posted by Laura on June 25, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 25, 2010 article published by the Vancouver Sun. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The Guatemalan government said it would suspend mining at Goldcorp Inc.’s Marlin mine in response to concerns raised about the company’s environmental and human rights performance. But Goldcorp, which denies [...]
Article: Broomfield Woman Aims to Aid Storm-Torn Guatemala
Posted by Laura on June 23, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 20, 2010 article published by The Colorado Daily. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. BROOMFIELD — What began as a simple trip to Guatemala in May as part of the United Nations’ World Food Program has turned into a passionate cause for Broomfield-area real [...]
Article: Scientists Help Protect Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan
Posted by Laura on June 23, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 23, 2010 article published by redOrbit.com. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. Work to augment efforts to clean and protect lake and drinking water from harmful algae blooms. A team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University [...]
Article: Local Photog Snaps Award-Winning Shot
Posted by Laura on June 12, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 11, 2010 article published by NBCMiami.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. He wades through garbage dumps on a regular basis. Food for the Poor photographer Benjamin Rusnak is just that dedicated to his craft. For at least one week each month, Rusnak visits a [...]
Article: Guatemala’s Bicycle-Powered Blenders
Posted by Laura on June 12, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 7, 2010 article published by National Geographic Traveler. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Across Guatemalan farmland, a new breed of bicycles is being used to thresh corn, de-shell coffee beans, and even blend fruit smoothies. There, in a country with a history of [...]
Article: Guatemala's Bicycle-Powered Blenders
Posted by Laura on June 12, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 7, 2010 article published by National Geographic Traveler. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Across Guatemalan farmland, a new breed of bicycles is being used to thresh corn, de-shell coffee beans, and even blend fruit smoothies. There, in a country with a history of [...]
Article: Scientists Use Calvin Klein Cologne to Lure Jaguars
Posted by Laura on June 9, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 9, 2010 article published by Reuters. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY Wed Jun 9, 2010 2:07pm EDT GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Biologists tracking jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it’s all in the name of science, with researchers [...]
Article: Climbing Toward Success
Posted by Laura on June 7, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a June 7, 2010 article published by The Morning Star. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. By BROOKS VANDERBUSH Contributing Writer TRAVERSE CITY – For children in Zones 3 and 7 of Guatemala City the only things to climb on or play around were garbage. These [...]
Article: Student Uses Pedal Power to Create Novel Machine
Posted by Laura on May 28, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a May 28, 2010 article published by Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. An innovative bicycle-powered water pump, created by a student at the University of Sheffield, has proved a huge success and is now in regular production in Guatemala, transforming [...]