“What do you eat with your tortillas?” someone asked Maria Berta. “Sometimes there’s salt,” she replied. Maria Berta had welcomed Cooperative for Education volunteers into her home in Cerritos Asunción, Guatemala after we inaugurated the Culture of Reading Program at...
libros de textos Silken ebony ropes cascade past her shoulders. Small wisps dance in the mountain breeze as she begins her daily journey down the rocky path. Second-hand sandals reveal dust covered toes. A vibrant textile starts its dayshift cinched...
Fireworks are an important (and fun!) part of Guatemalan culture. On your birthday, you get to wake up to the loudest firecrackers going off outside your window starting at about 4:00am! And if you have the privilege of traveling to Guatemala on a Snapshot Tour, you...
You’ve seen the movie “2012”, right? If not, let me summarize it for you: Mayans predict the world will end in 2012. John Cusack. Natural disasters. Harrowing journey around the world. Los Angeles sinks into the Pacific Ocean. You get the idea. So, what does this have...
