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We checked in on our six projects during our last visit in May/June, meeting with the teachers and visiting the classrooms. We continue to be amazed at the quality of the teaching and the level of creativity in all of the educational activities. In the after-school tutorial programs, the children are evaluated each grading period to see how they are progressing. If it is … [Read more...] about June 2019

We returned from Guatemala and jumped right into fundraising for our projects by organizing a tamale sale!! Project Quetzal had its first Tamale Sale on 2/18/19. Maricela and her daughters worked very hard and made 3 kinds of tamales. They were delicious, and everyone wants more! We sold 47 dozen tamales!!! We all look forward to PQ’s next tamale sale! … [Read more...] about February 18, 2019

April 2018   Besides recently receiving our nonprofit status from the IRS, the other exciting news is that Project Quetzal is now funding their first project! It is a preschool in Patzicia, a small rural village between Antigua and Panajachel. There are approximately fifteen students who are now learning their letters, songs, how to share with other children, … [Read more...] about April 2018

During our 1st week in Guatemala in January, we attended a training for preschool teachers in Antigua. One of Project Quetzal’s teachers was a presenter. We also checked in on our 4 projects, and they are all doing great! But the exciting news was setting up a new preschool with a new teacher. She did all the work before we got there: talked to the parents and to the … [Read more...] about February 2019