Guatemala Projects
 Helping Guatemala in 2006
5weeks. January 16th - February 20th 2006
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| Participants: |
From Australia:
Glenn Browning, Elizabeth Cowan, Vivienne Edwards, Sarah Francis, Lucie Garling, Daniel Gilfillan, Petra Hill, Simone Marshall, Rebecca Moloney, Kathleen Vallance.
From Costa Rica:
Silvia Ulloa, Fabio Mora(project directors)
From Guatemala:
Pedro Tambriz (Group Leader) |
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The Guatemala 2006 Project
 Community: Municipio de Santa Lucìa – Aldea El Novillero, Quetzaltenango
Type of Project: Community Infrastructure
Project Goal
Help the Association La Guadalupana to build a Capacitation Hall plus alternative projects like: English classes, Trails etc. They want to teach us cooking, Dance and hand crafts classes. The project is know as ‘El Corazon del Bosque’ – ‘The Heart of the Forest’.
This is a Maya K’iche’ community association comprising of a majority of women members which is very unusual in Guatemala. The community produce chickens and rabbits for their own consumption and for sale to the wider community. They also produce hand crafts and confectionery (marmalade, jelly), traditional women’s clothing woven on backstrap looms and tailored clothes for men. The community want to teach local people a range of skills including Computer, Customer Service and sustainable management of natural resources others.
This community recognizes that preservation of their dwindling natural resources is key to ongoing development of the community and a major goal of the project is education in this area. Development of a garden of natural medicine plants is also part of the project.
Project Funds
The locals and UNDP with support from UNDP small Grants programs, the Association La Guadalupana has successfully started to work in sustainable Community based eco-turism, providing a source of income for the members as well providing them a space to promote their culture and the beauties of the Indigenous Guatemalan Culture.
Living conditions
The team will live in a lodge on the site of the ‘Heart of the Forest’ project.Within the project site are: ‘La Pila de Bautismo’ – Sagrada /Baptismal Pool: A place for religious celebration such as baptisms or to relax on hot days. ‘the Baptism” which is of great spiritual significance
Tikalito: In honor of the historical Tikal in northern Guatemala, Corazón del Bosque
Temascales: They are tradicional Mayan saunasthat are good for general or medicinal use
Mayan Altar: A ceremonial area where religious practices are performed by our Maya ancestors
The Sanctuary: The tranquility and peace that inspired Corazón del Bosque (Heart of the Forest) is the ideal place to practice religious ceremonies .
The team will have access to the internet, public telephones, a grocery store and public transport. Health services etc.
Location
Corazòn del Bosque. On the Interamerican Highway – Aldea El novillero - 5 hours from Guatemala City (Down Town) |
