A Child With Leukemia
This is Jorge. About a year ago, Jorge, at 4 years old, was diagnosed with leukemia. The only doctor that can attend to his treatment is from Guatemala City, a…
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A Celebratory Dinner
This year my oldest son Darcy, with his wife, Ann and son Keith joined us for three fun-filled weeks in the jungle. Here we are out for a special celebratory…
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Construction; Progress Report 1
By the end of the day today, the “preparation crew” had completed the foundation holes for two sides of the main structure … and had dug about half…
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Forest Garden Update
The Forest Garden that the women planted a few months ago with the support of Trees for Life is doing well … and it will soon be the season for…
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Site Prep at New Women’s Center
By Thursday morning, the stakes were set, delineating the outlines of the new building with its corridor, and the workers were finishing the land prep … taking out the last…
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The Contractor – Don Sebastian
Don Sebastian, the contractor who is in charge of the project, and who also built the clinic and the library, was on hand last night as the first load of…
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The Grandmother Drum
We were recently hosts to the Grandmother Drum Tour … a group that was travelling from Alaska to Tikal, Guatemala, doing ceremony along the way with the Grandmother Drum ……
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The Students
Adelaida and Mayra, the 2 young women that have been seeking support/funding to attend Collegio, have their new uniforms. They have been learning computer skills, and come to the library…
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Women’s Center Construction Begins
Yesterday, Friday the 13th, the paperwork giving legal title for the land to the Women’s Group of El Remate, was finally passed through the morass of municipal politics and corruption,…
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Dance Classes
In Mid-December Ixeeya (top left of top photo and middle of bottom photo) came to help two groups of young women to learn a couple of dance routines that they…