Meet La Chatona …
Meet La Chatona … y el Caballito (little horse) Adelaida dropped by the other day to ask if I would like to see her school project before she passed it…
Category: Blog
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Only in Petén
This is the MAIN STREET in Santa Elena / Flores!! If you look straight ahead, you will see the island of Flores … the capitol of Petén … and this…
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Volunteering with the Children
We have just finished a fun-filled two weeks with volunteers Cadie Powers (left) and Theresa Caballero who have been doing a variety of activities with a group of children ranging…
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The Wall
Violette asked shortly after she began working with the kids if it would be possible to paint a “group mural” on the end wall of the library/computer center building. We…
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Simon and Violette, Volunteers from France
Simon and Violette Berger, from France, have been here volunteering with the kids for over a month. In that time, they’ve done a variety of things with the kids ……
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Dr. Andrea Hull
Dr. Andrea Hull is here from Canada for a month, volunteering with Project Ix-canaan. Andrea is focussing on two main areas … Water/sanitation in the village and Diabetes Care. Shortly…
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Lots of Volunteers
For a short while, we had a large number of volunteers all active in the village at the same time. They are not all here for this picture (missing Simon,…
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Solar Cooking: The Oven
In December of this past year, volunteer Dana Machovek of Alberta, Canada, donated a Sun Oven to Project Ix-canaan with the understanding that we would be able to use it…
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NUFED Bathrooms Completed!
The students and teachers of the NUFED School are really happy to finally have bathroom facilities. Thanks to the untiring efforts of Bill Horne of Calgary, Alberta (shown here with…
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Determining Educational Needs
One of the first things Dr. Bob did while in El Remate was to meet with the Director and teachers at the NUFED school to discuss the needs and goals…