In honor of the UN celebration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9th, we want to bring you a story of hope from Guatemala. Dozens of students, parents, and Cooperative for Education (CoEd) supporters sat somewhat impatiently...
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...
In many ways, the extremely rural and achingly poor community of Zunil is no different from the scores of other poverty-stricken places across the globe—the people are hardworking, diligent, and utterly stuck in poverty. But this community is different; they have a...
As you may have heard, we recently returned from the Guatemala Literacy Project tour with Rotary International volunteers (check out the top ten tour highlights in our recent blog post!). Every tour gets to experience program inaugurations, CORP demonstrations and...
Like many young people in Guatemala, Abner Daniel Aguilar has beaten the odds simply by being in school at all. Abner left home at the age of eight in order to escape abuse at the hands of his stepfather. For seven years, he lived with other families in the community,...
