Guatemalan School Gardens:
This is one of our most popular Seeds of Help activities. The Guatemalan children work with our staff in making compost, working the soil, planting the seeds, weeding and maintaining the crops, making and applying organic fertilizer and pesticides, harvesting, and preparing food—all done at their Guatemalan schools. Creating these school gardens introduces...
Category Archives: guatemala
Guatemalan Non profit create and teach School Gardens
Guatemalan Non Profit teaches Children how to make school gardens out of recycled tires
Recycled Tire Gardens in Guatemala:
One of Seeds of Help’s recent projects is using recycled tires found as garbage all over Guatemala to make small movable gardens. This is a great way to get younger kids to participate in the garden projects. It introduces the Guatemalan children to new produce and teaches them to utilize a...
A Day in the life of a Guatemalan Volunteer: Walking to work
Below are classic photos of our Peace Corps volunteers and employees on their “commute” to work in the Guatemalan highlands called the Cuchumantanes The weather on these Guatemalan highland walks can change within minutes from hot sun to cold rain. Depending on the season, the mud sticks to your feet or puffs out like...
10 Factors to Consider Before Volunteering Abroad
Volunteering abroad is a noble venture and a big decision that requires forethought. Whether you’re going for a two-week medical volunteerism stint administering vaccines, or thinking of committing to two years in the Peace Corps, there are a number of questions to ask yourself before you hop on the plane.
#1: Is the volunteer program reputable?...
Volunteer in Guatemala: a story on impowering Women
Brenda shared this story with me. I will try to tell it as best I can.
We were getting ready to begin a water tank project in the community of Los Alisos. 15 tanks for 15 families were planned.
Brenda had the supplies from the city of Huehue loaded up into a large truck and delivery planned...
Volunteer in Guatemala: Week one: Val’s take
Seeds of Help has a new volunteer in Guatemala. Her name is Valerie and she will be our guest blogger for these next couple of weeks. Her voice will be the day to day activities of what a volunteer with Seeds of Help experiences. Below is her first weeks thoughts and observations as well aa...
Voluntourism Trip Guatemala Sept-October 2010
Seeds of Help is planning a humanitarian volunteer trip late September/Early October 2010. We will be building a water tank, shower as well as working with the children at Seeds of Help’s preschool. Also festivities will take place on Dia de Los Ninos (October 1) which is a country wide celebration for the kids. Pinatas...
Dia De Los Ninos | Guatemala Kids Day in Huehuetenango
October 1, 2009 – Walter Able, President Seeds of Help Foundation, Inc
Interesting day. Today Guatemala celebrated Dia del Nino (Kids day) and I got to spend it with the community of Los Cuchumatanes. This is the second year we have had our preschool class in this school. We took bags full ...
Columbus Indiana Yoga for Seeds of Help
Family Yoga for Kids (ages 4 to 11), Parents, Any Family Member will be help on September 19th in Columbus, Indiana. It will be a fund raising event for Seeds of Help/Florentina Simon Perez a 9th grader in Huehuetenango, Guatemala who aspires to go to nursing school.
When: Saturday, September 19, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Where:...
Seeds of Help Guatemalan Scholarship:::Florentina Simon Perez
Florentina Simon Perez is a lovely and bright 16 year old Mayan girl. She has received a Seeds of Help scholarship since 2007. Before we met her, young Florentina was working as a maid to try to earn money to pay for her schooling. Even though she makes her own clothes, she was unable to...