PROCTORGUATEMALA

why we're here

After arriving in Guatemala City, students will spend their first week volunteering with Lemonade International. Sleeping and eating at headquarters, the group will travel daily into the urban slum of La Limonada to spend time in four local elementary schools. Students teach, play and spend time on home visits throughout La Limonada to learn about it's permanent residents and the complex lives they lead. Evenings consist of individual reflection time, group trips and processing.

During the second week, students live and volunteer with the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP), a non-profit organization located in the community of Pachitulul, on the south edge of Lake Atitlán between San Lucas Tolimán and Santiago Atitlán. In addition to staying with local families in a homestay setting, students spend time working at the ecological education center, which is primarily focused on promoting permaculture techniques, local biodiversity conservation and the production of organic food.