by Kayla Hughes | Jun 30, 2021 | Adventures, Uncategorized
Are you as tired or hearing about covid as we are? Take a break from the doom and gloom of the headlines for a minute with me as we visit Palenque in the country of our Central American neighbors, Mexico! In some ways Palenque feels so much like Thailand, while at the...
by Kayla Hughes | Nov 11, 2020 | Culture and Community, From the Field, Guatemala, News and Updates, Uncategorized
Electricity is something many take for granted, and I’m willing to guess most of us have never really gone without it. Until fairly recently the people of Pal would tell you a different story. Today the village of Pal is home to about 100 familes. During the...
by Kayla Hughes | Jan 16, 2020 | Culture and Community, Education, Environment, Environmental, Guatemala, Uncategorized
In 2018, Mundo Exchange collaborated with doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation to raise money for ACEFOMI to purchase land for CEMIK. ACEFOMI would use that land to build a new community learning center as well as demonstrative garden. With the money raised, we were able...
by Kayla Hughes | Dec 10, 2018 | Culture and Community, Education, From the Field, Guatemala, Spotlights, Uncategorized
Mateo Caba says his hometown of Chajul does not have a single attorney, which allows outside interests to trample people’s rights. He cites the example of a hydroelectric project that is under construction not far from the town. Although Chajul desperately needs an...
by Kayla Hughes | Aug 5, 2018 | Culture and Community, Education, Guatemala, News and Updates, Uncategorized
As mentioned in a previous post, Mundo Exchange has partnered with dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation to raise money for a multipurpose Center for a women’s cooperative called ACEFOMI in Chajul, Guatemala. dōTERRA agreed to match out donations by up to $10,000 for...
