Guatemala

Guatemalan women stand in a construction site with wooden beams up for support

<img width="2560" height="1920" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/constructInside-scaled.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="Guatemalan women stand in a construction site with wooden beams up for support" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/constructInside-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/constructInside-scaled.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-6939" />

constructInside

woman poses with an excited smile and arms in the air in the jungle in Chajul as if in celebration

<img width="320" height="240" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/excited-about-purchasing-land.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1" alt="woman poses with an excited smile and arms in the air in the jungle in Chajul as if in celebration" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/excited-about-purchasing-land.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/excited-about-purchasing-land.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4578" />

excited about purchasing land

two students from CEMIK writing in their notebooks in a classroom

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CEMIK-writing-e1585550179206.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="two students from CEMIK writing in their notebooks in a classroom" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CEMIK-writing-e1585550179206.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CEMIK-writing-e1585550179206.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4232" />

CEMIK writing

young kids in Guatemala loading the schoolbus in Chajul

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/schoolbus-e1585550002286.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="young kids in Guatemala loading the schoolbus in Chajul" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/schoolbus-e1585550002286.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/schoolbus-e1585550002286.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4240" />

schoolbus

Juana and her family sit together in their new kitchen

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/juana-and-family-in-new-kitchen-e1585544741529.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="Juana and her family sit together in their new kitchen" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/juana-and-family-in-new-kitchen-e1585544741529.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/juana-and-family-in-new-kitchen-e1585544741529.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4462" />

juana and family in new kitchen

greenhouse tomato harvest and Junta Directive four women in a field

<img width="960" height="720" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Junta-Directive-with-first-crop-of-Tomaotes.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="greenhouse tomato harvest and Junta Directive four women in a field" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Junta-Directive-with-first-crop-of-Tomaotes.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Junta-Directive-with-first-crop-of-Tomaotes.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-5920" />

Junta Directive with first crop of Tomaotes

covid care packages Guatemala deliveries group of Guatemalans sitting in the back of a pickup truck with supplies

<img width="816" height="612" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-care-packages.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="covid care packages Guatemala deliveries group of Guatemalans sitting in the back of a pickup truck with supplies" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-care-packages.jpeg?fit=816%2C612&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-care-packages.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-5076" />

delivering care packages

an old woman in the adult literacy program in Guatemala focuses on an open workbook in front of her

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/elders-learning-to-read-e1585550132641.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="an old woman in the adult literacy program in Guatemala focuses on an open workbook in front of her" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/elders-learning-to-read-e1585550132641.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/elders-learning-to-read-e1585550132641.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4235" />

elders learning to read

Brandon, one of our scholarship students, in Guatemala with his family in a kitchen

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Brandon-e1585549933296.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="Brandon, one of our scholarship students, in Guatemala with his family in a kitchen" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Brandon-e1585549933296.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Brandon-e1585549933296.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4242" />

Brandon

covid rations being delivered in Chajul, man carries a bag of grain out of the back of a truck

<img width="816" height="612" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-food-in-chajul.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="covid rations being delivered in Chajul, man carries a bag of grain out of the back of a truck" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-food-in-chajul.jpeg?fit=816%2C612&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/delivering-food-in-chajul.jpeg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-5077" />

delivering food in chajul

women inside of a greenhouse checking on the tomato plants

<img width="960" height="720" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/130268447_872534203517452_3766719994835538587_n.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="women inside of a greenhouse checking on the tomato plants" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/130268447_872534203517452_3766719994835538587_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/130268447_872534203517452_3766719994835538587_n.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-6566" />

growing tomatoes in the greenhouse of chajul

some women dressed in traditional Guatemalan clothing crouch down on the ground planting seedlings

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/agriculture-e1585543887609.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="some women dressed in traditional Guatemalan clothing crouch down on the ground planting seedlings" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/agriculture-e1585543887609.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/agriculture-e1585543887609.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4581" />

agriculture

group of Guatemalan women from CEMIK sit with Joan and smile for the camera

<img width="320" height="240" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CEMIK-crew.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1" alt="group of Guatemalan women from CEMIK sit with Joan and smile for the camera" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CEMIK-crew.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CEMIK-crew.jpg?fit=320%2C240&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4585" />

CEMIK crew

Guatemalan friends stand in nature on a plot of land they just bought

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9504-scaled-e1585539743997.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="Guatemalan friends stand in nature on a plot of land they just bought" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9504-scaled-e1585539743997.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9504-scaled-e1585539743997.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4764" />

Guatemala friends

guatemalan girl at school desk with notebook

<img width="2560" height="1920" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/guatemalan-girl-in-CEMIK-classroom-with-her-homework-scaled.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1" alt="guatemalan girl at school desk with notebook" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/guatemalan-girl-in-CEMIK-classroom-with-her-homework-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/guatemalan-girl-in-CEMIK-classroom-with-her-homework-scaled.jpg?fit=379%2C284&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-6689" />

guatemalan girl in CEMIK classroom with her homework

Joan and a couple of Catlin Gable volunteers stand with Guatemala team

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Catlin-Gable-students-visit-1-scaled-e1585544693745.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="Joan and a couple of Catlin Gable volunteers stand with Guatemala team" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Catlin-Gable-students-visit-1-scaled-e1585544693745.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 479w, https://i0.wp.com/mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Catlin-Gable-students-visit-1-scaled-e1585544693745.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-4465" />

Catlin Gable students visit

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