Volunteer Petén

Our EarthDay parade

Our Earth Day parade

Paul teaching Excel

Computer classes with Paul

Natural Resource School in uniform

Cande and the agricultural project.

Students working in the ecological park

Studend working in agrigulture

The new Observation deck in park

University of Illinois group

U of I group at work

Our Valentine's day party

First day of school

Building a new foundation in park-house

cooking at El Mirador

New construction to hold up house

December '08 group

The new duck ponds

Working in the Library

Painting the bball court

Mirador del Lago San Andres

Lookout project

Look out project

december party in park

Representing the Park: Deyna Chata

Cultural Day at the Fair sponsored by Volunteer Peten

Casa de Cultura's amazing dance at town fair

The dance club of San Andres sponsored by Volunteer Peten

East Bay Conservation Corps

Jay gettin in on some chicle

The EBCC in Tikal

Boat to Topoxte

Boat to Topoxte

Trail Work

Building Bridges

Don't use soap...and there are crocodiles

looking over the jungle

Cultural Dancing in Yaxha

Tough looking group

Getting the trails in shape

Day One to Mirador

The Adventure Begins

Day One: Nothing but mud

We finally reach camp

Spectacular Sunset at Tintal

We finally reach Mirador

Ruins at Mirador

La Danta: largest pyramid in the world

View from La Danta

View from La Danta

Jaguar Paw Temple

Sunset at La Tigra Temple

The Walk back

The walk back

The walking never seems to end

At the end of the trail...Day 5

Dufy the croc has grown

The croc in the pond

New trail system

New domestic bird habitats

Theater in San Andres!

Grumpy ole man

Nag nag nag

Veneno y Nacho Borracho

oldman bobo

oldman mateo

jd

mudbath

drawing class

pond 2008

finished school

jd

Hanna and mini-hanna

Thanks

Bob the Builder cake

Hauling blocks

Hauling blocks

Library Bubble Project

Library Bubble Project

Diploma for Ethan

Diploma for Madalyn

J_D

David G.

Manuel

Jessica

Bobo

Sung

Hannah

Sarah

Dieter

Rebecca

Andreas

Matthew

David T.

Jim

Hang

Mary

Sam

Jordan

Kite Project

Kite Project

Kite Project

July 2008 Group

Fairy Tales

Making Paper

Making Paper

Mark's Music Class

Mark's Music Class

Making Paper

Origami Class

Origami Project

Origami Project

PRESCHOOL

Preschool

Preschool

Preschool

Preschool

Preschool

UofI group at new preschool

New preschool

Preschool

Local kids helping out

Getting it just right.

Laying block

Who wears short shorts?

Orlando

Level 1

The first part is the hardest

New logo for High School

Thanks to B3

American Idol San Andres

Students at new school

Thanks mateo

Inauguration hug

Some VIPs at the inauguration

All the mothers present

Students in the back

Happy Mother's Day

Live Music

What a way to inaugurate a school

Wow

He plays a mean bass

Tropical Storm Arthur

Tropical Storm Alma

Nearly finished

Adios Titos

Painted School

Workers

Plaque for the school

Group Photo

Group Photo

Painted school

 

Last day of work

Painting away

On the roof

 

Painting

Work Work Work

Cleaning the walls

Bucket Brigade

What kind of job is this

Plasterin

Roof

First row of tin roof

Starting to look like a school

 

 

Day one...bare ground

day one

First row of block

mixing cement

laying block

Chain gaing

Cement Crew

Half-blocks

4,250 blocks to go

The wall gets higher

and higher

and even higher

Where's genaro?

keep going

level

Cement crew

soccer game

in the library

in front of the library

discoteca!

regaton!

Salsa!

Cultural dances

cultural dances

the workers

libary

final work day

final work day

UofI painting basico

Marcianitos

Fixing chairs

New Years boat trip

 good looking group

Let's go Rubidia

Rubidia dancing

Awesome sign for school

Maura and her fam

Group at Yaxha

sign for mega-project Magisterio

Juan cutting wood for desks

jess and hasey

jeremy woring on columns for school

plastering the walls of school room

before

after

teaching in Yaxha national park

painting desk tops

painting desks

cool mayan glyphs

painting school

The mighty pole

The new bungalow

Mom at library

Mateo and Family

Madre y Padre

Josh at Yaxha

Cuñado en biblioteca

Ashleigh planting

Town models in park

Ash y Derek with trees

Mateo an d fam

Princess Rubidia

Group at Topoxte

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Parque Ecològico Nueva Juventud

San Andrès, Petèn,

Guatemala, Central America

Volunteer Petèn