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GUATEMALA – Dec 2019 – Hilda: A Child of the Mines

Hilda is a child whose family works in the gravel mines of Guatemala. This is one of the most grueling jobs I’ve seen – using a sledgehammer from dawn to...

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GUATEMALA – December 2019 – The Life of a Street Child

When I mention to people that we’re expanding our program in Guatemala to include street children, the most common question I get is, “Why are they living on the streets?...

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GUATEMALA – March 2019 – Sipping Coffee with ???

My daughter, Brenna, left Guatemala this morning, and I will be staying on for two more weeks. To ensure she arrived safely at the airport in Guatemala City, I decided...

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GUATEMALA – Mar 2019 – A Suffering Boy from Almolonga

I have heard the story of Carlos’ past, but I didn’t realize he came from Almolonga (in Guatemala) until I met an old woman there on our collection rounds. Carlos’ wife,...

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GUATEMALA – December 2018 – Street Children

Xela, Guatemala is filled with street children selling small candies or chicle for one quetzal. Most of these small children won’t easily tell you their story and will hide or...

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GUATEMALA – December 2018 – Career-Bound (with a little help from some chickens)

Elementary and middle schools are expensive in Guatemala – not because tuition is charged, but the required uniforms, shoes, textbooks and other supplies add up to over $200 per year....

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GUATEMALA – September 2018 – Something More Important Than Education

For children from the open pit gravel mines of Guatemala, is there anything more important than education? We think there might be… We are thrilled we finally broke through the barriers...

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GUATEMALA – September 2018 – A letter from the “Children of the Mines”

We are the children of the parents who work in the gravel mines. Our families are emigrants from San Marcos, Guatemala. We are from a village called Comitancillo, which is...

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GUATEMALA – May 2018 – Scholarships Expanded to Mining Children

One of the hardest ways to make a living in Guatemala is to work in the open pit gravel mines. The pay is meager and the work is brutally hard...

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GUATEMALA – December 2017 – Through the Eyes of a College Intern

Written by Kylie Palacios after a two-week internship in Guatemala Whenever I come back from a trip, whether it be camping locally or travelling abroad, I always have a routine answer...

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