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
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...
Will is alive and well and still teaching English in Japan
Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. My very first trip after Peace Corps was a tour of temples and shrines all across Japan. One of Seeds former Peace Corps volunteers has called this beautiful island nation home for the past year while teaching English. Will Wheeler is safe and unharmed. He says...
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: Valerie’s thoughts on week 2
I can’t say these last couple of weeks have been more of the same…no one day here is ever like the next. At first I saw this as frustrating and unstructured; now it makes me feel free. Two weekends ago I ventured to Panajachel; my “charter bus” driver dropped me off at a major freeway...
Volunteer trip to Guatemala
Late February 2010, Seeds President, Walter Able left Columbus, Indiana for his semi-annual visit for Seeds of Help. On the trip he met up with our new volunteer Val who will be living with Brenda for 5 weeks.. She will be hosting a guest blog in the coming weeks within the...
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...
Volunteers in Guatemala with Seeds of Help
Through the years we’ve had so many stellar volunteers and peace corp volunteers who have devoted weeks, months, even years helping the Mayan people in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Below are some photos of our volunteers both peace corps and regular. If you’d like to volunteer with Seeds of Help please contact us at info@seedsofhelp.org Generally a basic...
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...
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...