Service Learning in Guatemala: Inside Voces y Manos’ School Gardens and Youth Jobs Program
In eight primary schools around Rabinal, Guatemala, over 300 students between ages 8 and 11 spend part of their week outside the classroom in a school garden. The gardens are the core of Voces y Manos’ education program, and one reason the organization is a new community partner for service learning in Guatemala through Somos […]
Education in Guatemala: The Malnutrition Crisis Holding Children Back
Education in Guatemala’s rural indigenous communities begins with a problem most people don’t see. In Guatemala, roughly one in two children under five suffers from chronic malnutrition. Guatemala ranks first in Latin America and sixth in the world for child malnutrition (ReliefWeb), and the burden is not evenly distributed. Among indigenous children, the rate of […]