Volunteer Petén

Nearly finished

Painted school

Adios Titos

Painted School

Workers

Plaque for the school

Group Photo

Group Photo

On the roof

Last day of work

Painting away

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

Chris with family

September Group

Pond cerca 2005

 

 

Trash mess at school

The gang

Ivan and family

Ceibal trip

Trash mess at school

Cool Chris in charge

Bus to ceibal

Ceibal trip

Ceibal trip

Ceibal trip

Ceibal trip

baby chicks

boat trip on San Pedro River

Camping in El-Peru

Chris in library

Hiking to El-Peru

July Group

Laura in library

Looking at  a frog

Mayan artifact in museum

Learing spanish

 

Slide at north school

Party at ecological park

The majestic

Awesome library

Tear down the wall

Candelario and Ellen

Scott and Chris

Even more septic tank fun

newlyweds

More septic tank fun

Mateo presenting diplomas to Eagle Rock Students

Assembly for Eagle Rock Students

Girls with Machetes (need another reason to come to San Andres?)

Septic tank fun

 

Sr. Chris and his banana tree

Santa Elena Students planing in the park

Mighty Luis

Genaro building the slide at North School

Volunteers at the library

Karolyn teaching English

Fixing up the fence line in the park

Building bungalows at the beach

 

Working at North School

Kids at North School

Volunteers Taking a Break

Building the slide

Satanas?

Jon and Laurie

Hillary

Library time

 

I don't understand you!

Damien playing it cool

Robert and host family

Hillary teaching

Mateo Teaching

Environmental Ed

Environmental Ed

Environmental Ed

Environmental Ed

I see the croc!

Harvesting Achiote

Volunteers on a boat trip

Trash Clean up

Our sponsored soccer team

 

Mural at park

Mural at Park

Swimming with the kids

field trip to waterfalls

Library Activities

 

 

Students picking up trash

Junior high students picking up trash

Volunteer picking up trash

Library Activities

 

 

2nd Basico field trip to zoo.

Watch out for that cat!

 

Town fair traditional dances

Town fair traditional dances

Soccer anyone?

Mural at Eduardo Fion

Mural at Eduardo Fion

Mural at Eduardo Fion

Volunteer enjoying the lake

 

Clementina Cookin

 

Painted School

 

Kindergarden Graduation at North School

Alana and Weibke making bracelets at library

New Stage at north school built by volunteers

Group Photo in front of library (mateo, inoky, fernando, marcos, sergio, rubidia, iraydes, orbal, karen, dina)

Field trip to Tikal

 

 

super volunteeer Adam

 

Independence day dance

 

Twins Orbal and Iraydes visiting the park in matching park T-shirts.

 

 

La Chatona del Parque

 

Volunteer Eric helping at the libary

school trip to YAXHA

 

 

 

 

Group Photo

 

Marciano at his cutest

 

The New Park entrance

 

Beautiful sunset

 

New entrance for park

 

 

A new bungalow for the park

 

English Classes

 

A new map for the park!

 

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Contact information:

Telephone: (502) 5711-0040 / 5496-2276

Email: volunteerpeten@hotmail.com

Parque Ecològico Nueva Juventud

San Andrès, Petèn,

Guatemala, Central America

Volunteer Petèn