“I’m moving to Guatemala, but I don’t speak Spanish… at all” The no habla Espanol “she” is Kerry Smith, a blogger from North Carolina who works in a school for the nonprofit Lemonade International. Kerry didn’t go to Guatemala to become a teacher; she want to be a student, in a Spanish language school this [...]
Tag Archives: Programs for Children
Profile: Books & Wings
Posted by Laura on April 7, 2010
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Books and Wings is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit, whose mission is to support community libraries and education in Guatemala. Books and Wings works in several under-served communities in the Departments of Esquintla and Suchitepéquez; including Tiquisate, Rio Bravo, and Chicacao. Community Libraries: They work with municipal authorities and library committees to strengthen their public [...]
Profile: Let's Be Ready
Posted by Laura on March 30, 2010
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Let’s Be Ready’s mission is to prepare at-risk Guatemalan children for the first-grade by establishing preschools and training preschool and first-grade teachers. Their vision is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by reducing the high rate of drop-out and repetition of children in the first-grade. Their goal is to have 80% of [...]
Profile: Roots & Wings International
Posted by Laura on March 23, 2010
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Roots and Wings International promotes elementary through university education in rural Guatemala. They work with indigenous youth whose families earn $2 per day growing coffee. Their work is rooted in recognizing the importance of culturally responsive education that empowers students to connect their cultural identity with sustainable social and economic development. Student Scholarship: Roots & Wings International [...]
Profile: Ak'Tenamit
Posted by Laura on March 23, 2010
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Ak’ Tenamit means “New Village” in the Q’eqchi Mayan language, because their organization is transforming life in the Q’eqchi villages of eastern Guatemala. Those villages are located around the Río Dulce, far from the nearest road – most are reached by a boat trips and hikes through the rain forest – and they lack electricity, [...]
Profile: The Children's Malnutrition Center of San Juan, Guatemala
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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The Children’s Malnutrition Center of San Juan, Guatemala provides temporary care to infants and young children who are severely malnourished. The children range in age from infancy to 10 years of age. The children come from homes where they did not receive proper nutrition, primarily due to their parents’ lack of means to provide the [...]
Profile: Evelyn's Baskets
Posted by Laura on January 5, 2010
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September 1, 2007: Evelyn arrived with a severe cleft lip and palate. She and her parents were given much support from the midwife, doctors and nurses from the minute she was born. They recommended and located a specialty bottle, made for babies born with cleft lip/palate, so she would immediately be able to get the [...]
Profile: Salomon's Porch
Posted by Laura on January 3, 2010
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Porch de Salomon is a response to God calling a family into a life of love and service in Panajachel, Guatemala, by developing a multi-faceted ministry to reach not only the large population of expatriates, but to help mobilize the volunteer teams and individuals who come to minister to the indigenous population as well. Solomon’s [...]
Profile: Behrhorst Partners for Development & Behrhorst Clinic
Posted by Laura on September 18, 2009
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The mission of the Behrhorst Partners for Development (BPD) is to strengthen and expand processes of community development and participation that enhance people’s lives. It has two major goals: To support sustainable development initiatives that improve the health and well-being of particularly vulnerable sectors of society. To promote through experience-based education an understanding of the [...]