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 …
Last week, our communities of San Felipe Chenla and Ojo de Agua had the great opportunity to take part in Rachel’s training with Mundo Possible. But, you may wonder, what is Rachel? Rachel (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning) is a portable, battery-powered, device that contains copies of educational websites in an offline …
In my previous blog, I talked about myself, and the experiences that contributed to my professional training in the field of community outreach. Today I want to share with you a summary of the activities. Both the small and great achievements that we have experienced so far in the Guate Groundswell Program. If you are …
Dear Readers, I am Laura Barbosa. In July I started in the role of Program Coordinator of Guate Groundswell helping to support the local Program Officers (Isabel, Noe, and Antonio) who are leading the initiative in each of our three partner communities in Guatemala. For this first post, I wanted to introduce myself and what …
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