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Group Projects
International Groups
and Schools
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Below is a list of
International Groups that have participated with our program in
Guatemala. If your school or group is interested in
participating with our program, please contact us at
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May 29th through June
14th 2007 |
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Five EAGLE ROCK
SCHOOL students and two teachers returned
to San Andres in 2007 to work various projects. Russ, Marya,
Jesse, Ben, Tahira, Peter, and Josh created a beautiful park along the
beach with 2 bungalows, coconut trees, and a new basketball court.
They also contructed a swing set and slide for the north school, a new
cooking area for the north school, and taught classes in the north
school. They also raised money to help our library, fix desks
for schools, and plant fruit trees with local families. We hope
to have them back in 2008! |
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May 22nd through June
9th 2006 |
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Five EAGLE ROCK
SCHOOL students and two teachers returned
to our program in Guatemala for two
weeks working with the Ixhuacut School
in San Andres, Peten. Students from the Eagle Rock School generated
over $1,000 in funds
for projects in Ixhuacut,
which included painting the Ixhuacut School and
building a playground for the town of Ixhuacut which includes a swing
set, two bungalows, fence, teetertoters, and
monkey bard.
Eagle Rock Students also taught classes in the Escuela Norte to 4th,
5th, and 6th graders. We had anonter
amazing experience with the group from the
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(
May 25th
through June 7th 2005)
Five EAGLE ROCK
SCHOOL students (Jose, Ana, Katie, Evan, and Taynee) and two teachers
(Russ and Marya) participated in our program in Guatemala for two
weeks working with the Escuela Norte in San Andres, Peten. Students
from the Eagle Rock School generated over $1,500 in funds for projects
in San Andres, which included purchashing over $500 of books for the
public library, painting and repairs to the Instituto Basico, building
a kindergarden for the Escuela Norte, and building a water tank for
the Escuela Norte. Jose, Ana, Katie, Evan and Taynee also taught
English classes to local 5th and 6th grades in San Andres and in the
rural community of Ixhuacut. We had an amazing experience with
the group from the Eagle Rock School, and await their return in 2006.
for more information,
contact
rrendon@eaglerockschool.org
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Students working on
fence |
Jose taking apart old kindergarden |
Teaches taking apart
old kindergarden |
Building new school |
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School being built |
Ceremony for students |
Painting the middle
school |
Students with entire
middle school |
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Rural Literacy Project
(June 28th -
July 12th, 2005)
The
Rural Literacy Project is a local group of older teens, educators and
students who work to spread literacy in Latin America. The group
raises money and collects children's books in Spanish to be organized
and carried down to rural communities in Honduras, Guatemala, Peru and
Nicaragua.
The work of the project is supported
by volunteers, many from Trinity Episcopal Church in Randolph and from
Williamstown Elementary School. They have held bookdrives, dances and
car washes to raise funds, and have publicized their work by visiting
college campuses, letter writing campaigns, and by visiting church,
community and school meetings.
The project has helped establish
working libraries in the cities of Guiamaca, Honduras, and San Andres,
Guatemala, communities that had little or no access to books before
the Project brought them there. In 2005, the project is working to
create libraries in the Mazan, Peru, and Somotillo, Nicaragua, running
literature groups in schools, and expanding the library in San Andres.
for more information, contact Sue at
soriley@mail.williamstown.net
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(Starting
July 4th, 4-12 weeks)
Thanks to Stephen
Knight and the staff of Volunteer Latin America, 10 new volunteers
will be joining our program in July 2005. Mark, Stephen, Linda,
Nokuthula, David, Leslie, Rebecca, Julia, Jason and Allegro will
be working on a variety of projects including reforestation, school
clean up and repairs, light construction, park management, trail
building, and repairing furniture for local schools.
for more
information on VLA tours, contact
info@volunteerlatinamerica.com
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(July 17th - July 31st 2005)
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ICY
- International Community of Youth
Trip to Guatemala in August 2005
Putting our
philosophy into Action…
To begin accomplishing our
objectives, ICY will hold its first youth learning project in San
Andres, Guatemala. From August 1-16, 2005, eight Seattle, Washington
youths will be invited to spend two weeks in the Petén region of
northern Guatemala to participate in a service project at a volunteer
village located in a tranquil jungle environment. These youth will
work with local Guatemalans and international volunteers in order to
renovate a local school.
During their stay,
trip participants will:
Work with other youth from
the US, Europe and Guatemala on a volunteer project,
Receive daily Spanish lessons from local Guatemalan teachers,
Participate in multiple cultural activities
, Help paint a mural , Camp in the
jungle , Trek to Mayan Ruins
, And more…..
for more
information, write to
icy_connect@yahoo.com |
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