This Youtube video sums up nicely the programs we offer in rural Guatemala:
Archive for December, 2009
My first post for RWI
In the recent past, my husband Oscar, my family of 3 children (at the time; there are now 4) and I moved to Honduras for a job opportunity. We went to live in Choluteca, a city in the southern part of Honduras, near the Pacific coast. This was a very interesting time for us, which allowed us to make new friends and experience new cultures. At the same time, our eyes were opened even further to the great necessity in Central America. Oscar and I had lived in Colombia (his native country) just after we got married, and of course also know that great need exists there and all over, even in the US. During our two years in Honduras, though, we had daily reminders that we were in one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and even the world.
My perspective as an American surely shines through my observations, and also makes me mindful of all the benefits of having been born in this country. There are so many things that we take for granted that you cannot just assume read more
Posted by jeannerwi on December 12th, 2009
Pascual Can Chox, one of our scholars
My name is Pascual Can Chox. I’m 31 years old. I study Pedagogy and School Administration at Mariano Galvez University in Mazatenango, Suchitepe
quez.
The biggest difficulty I came across when I started studying at the university was a lack of financial resources, because both my parents had died–my mother of cancer and my father of alcoholism.None of my siblings survived. I have neither a house of my own, nor electricity, sanitary service, or potable water. I’m renting a friend’s house.
It was difficult for me to decide what to study because I had no idea about it. I had to borrow some money from other people to pay the first inscription and monthly fees.
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Posted by agusrwi on December 12th, 2009
Coffee for a cause
BuyWell Fair Trade has teamed up with Roots & Wings Intl to help you put your consuming dollars to work. Roots & Wings Intl promotes university education among impoverished youth in rural Guatemala, and BuyWell is committed to roasting a perfect coffee bean. The result, one of the finest fair trade, shade-grown, organic coffees available to you, and a university scholarship available to young people working to overcome poverty.
Buy online and $3 of every bag goes directly to our scholarship program. Just type “RootsAndWings” in the promotion code box. [Click here to buy organic coffee] read more
Posted by tammyrwi on December 10th, 2009
Learning Spanish versus Chinese
Tammy, one of our marketing volunteers, talks about learning Spanish language.
Posted by tammyrwi on December 8th, 2009
