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Category Archives: guatemala

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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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:...

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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...

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Volunteers in Guatemala::: Visit to the Cumbre

Carolyn, a former peace corp volunteer in Guatemala, John, and Neto of JJBean Coffee, traveled throughout Guatemala in late June. They wanted to visit Seeds of Help in Huehuetenango, Guatemala and we were happy to show them around. Brenda, our head of operations in Guatemala, Will, and Cat, peace corp volunteers with Seeds of Help,...

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Volunteer in Guatemala: Seeds of Help Trip June 2009

Walter Able, the president of Seeds of Help took a short trip this past week in June to share all of the great things happening in Guatemala. Along with Walter was Stacy Able, his wife and Photographer for Seeds of Help Foundation, Rob and David Plakenhorn, and Ellie Young. They went to schools in the...

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Seeds of Help March 2009 Trip

Seeds of Help will be hosting a voluntourism cultural trip to Guatemala this March 14-21, 2009. Most people will be

Cashew Fruit – A rare site!

flying out of Indianapolis, but if you are in another area and would like to see the real guatemala please contact seedsofhelp@yahoo.com.
Our tentative itinerary is:
March 14th- Fly into Guatemala City Airport...

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