Dear readers, It’s been a busy first two months of our Global Ambassadors Summer Exchange Program but we couldn’t be more excited to share a little bit more about the program with you. Our summer program consists of small group workshops, one to one exchanges, and fundraising to support our Guate Groundswell program. SMALL GROUP …
Hola amigos, Durhan College along with the Journalism – Mass Media program proposed a semester-long Faculty-led Classroom Abroad. The project was led with collaboration between the Journalism – Mass Media program and Students Offering Support (SOS), specifically Guate Groundswell youth mentors in Las Arrugas, Guatemala. Students in the Journalism – Mass Media program hosted virtual …
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Hola amigos, COVID 19 has changed our lives and priorities. Before the pandemic, students in Canada had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala to work on different projects and to experience what the life of our Guatemaltecos youth is like. This year, following international and national restrictions, to avoid the spread of Covid 19 we …
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Hola amigos, Goodbye February, welcome March! March is officially the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For me it is a beautiful month with the mix of cold and warm days, sometimes seeing snowstorms and sometimes seeing it melt all at once. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, the temperature also fluctuates significantly at this time …
Dear readers, It has been three weeks since we’ve wrapped up our Carleton exchanges with our youth mentors from Guatemala and I am so excited to share with you a little bit about our time together. For one full week, the Carleton students and youth mentors met regularly every morning to immerse themselves in the …
Welcome February; our second month of the year, and also a very important time in Guatemala. In February, the popular festivals in Guatemala are divided into several dates: February 20 is the day of the Marimba, a musical instrument that is the country’s national symbol. February 26 is the National Cultural Heritage Day. On this …
Dear readers, My name is Jensen Arsenault and I am the program coordinator for online exchanges. I began my journey with SOS in September 2020, developing a curriculum focused on cultural competencies that would serve as a set of pre-exchange modules before students participated in online exchanges. This project felt like the perfect opportunity to …
Hola amigos, After a well-deserved break for our local and international team in which everyone had the opportunity to spend time with family and celebrate December festivities, we came back fresh and ready to start coordinating our first activities. We concluded the month of January. The beginning of the new year and the time to …
Dear readers, 2020 was undoubtedly a year of challenges and growth for many, not only did we have to adapt to the “new normal” but we also had to act in situations that in one way or another resulted in doubts, sadness, and uncertainty for the future. In the same way, we also had experiences …
In the blog Summary of the Guate Groundswell Program, I briefly mentioned the workshops that have been implemented within our communities in Guatemala. These workshops help our young leaders to develop life skills that complement the support provided to their academics. Today I want to tell you in more detail about those workshops. I’d like …
