New experiences rock! Yes somewhat humbling that communal running water facility receives such grateful thanks and celebration!! Enjoyed hearing the transport challenges ...reminds me of when I went to Malawi......no maybe not - it wasn't hot there!!xx
International friendly? Maybe Scotland could play Guatemala in a friendly, a creditable draw possible? (I'm assuming if we're both rubbish it would not be a competitive game at the world cup finals).
We are Douglas and Rhona and this is our blog from Central and South America.
We're spending three months volunteering for a charity in Jocotan, Guatemala, the centre of a hilly area with a large indigenous Mayan population and a lot of inequality and child malnutrition.
Asociacion Santiago Jocotan has various programmes: but primarily it runs a small hospital, and works to reduce the child malnutrition you find in the surrounding villages. While we're here, we'll be helping to improve the financial management and IT of the organisation by sharing what we know.
After that, we plan to ta... full info
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Genocide in Guatemala
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