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...
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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...
A Tasteful Way to Support Seeds of Help
Inspired by the foods of Guatemala, our friends who make 240sweet Artisan Marshmallows are promoting Seeds of Help this January.
All members of the Marshmallow of the Month Club are receiving Coffee Chocolate Chip, Banana Cinnamon, Roasted Pineapple with Mango in their shipment this month. Limited amounts of Roasted Pineapple with Mango and Banana Cinnamon will...
Volunteer in Guatemala: Valerie’s thoughts on week 3
After working in the Cumbre again last week, we had the chance to venture to Antigua last weekend. We were almost to our bus stop in Chimaltenango (where we were going to change buses), when we came across a “sister” bus headed the opposite direction that had broken down. Fluid...
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...