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A full length PPT that is excellent for potential volunteers to view. Gives country and program overview, pictures of volunteer facilities and costs of volunteering.
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Staff
Ericka Temple, Architect
Aaron Colvin, Assistant Project Mgr.
Matt Paneitz, Executive Director, Founder LWH
Adam Howland, Project Mgr.Liz Howland
Not shown: Andy Case, WebmasterRebecca Sanchez, Volunteer Coordinator
San Juan Comalapapopulation 39,000
View of
Comalapa
San Juan Comalapa
Dept. of Chimaltenango
In Comalapa, the indigenous Kaq’chikel are 95% of the population
5% of the world population
are considered indigenous yet
15% of the world’s poor are
indigenous.
Indigenous people are over-
represented in the group of
the “world’s poor.”
Indigenous people are an important group of
rural poor.
Indigenous people
constitute an
important group of
rural poor.
In Guatemala
some 86.6% of
the indigenous
people are poor.
44% of population
in Guatemala are
indigenous people
Indigenous people are an important group of
rural poor.
Yet do not make a strong political force. The single indigenous candidate, Rigoberta
Menchú, received only
3% of the vote in 2008 national
presidential election.
44% of Guatemalan population are
indigenous, 50% of them are Mayan
Received Nobel Peace Prize 1992
Wrote autobiography“I, Rigoberta Menchu”
StatisticsLife Cycle Median age:
36.7 years Median age:19.2 years
School Life Expectancy
total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)
Gross National Income per capita
$41,950 $4,410
Literacy 99%99% male99% female
56%63% male49% female
Population below poverty line
12% 56%
Expenditures on education
5.3% of GDP (2005)
2.6% of GDP (2006)
USA Guatemala
Facts taken from the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook
Long Way Home’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty
among youth in developing communities by
•Creating educational opportunities
Tecnico Maya Vocational School
•Cultivating civic interactionSimajuleu Civic Group
•Encouraging healthy lifestylesParque Chimyá
Recycling
4 slides of comalapa
Why Comalapa?
• High unemployment rate in rural areas
• Few educational and work opportunities after 6th grade
• Guatemala has a population of about 14 million and over 400,000 youth are in gangs,
which is about 2.8%• Family oriented, warm, caring culture
with a long and colorful and rich history
Parque Chimiyá
living room/office/porch/dining room
Kitchen
bedroom
Reforestation Program: 37,000 trees planted in four years
1,182 hours of work
Parque Chimiya, basketball court, soccer field, organic gardens, public park open dawn to dusk
The public sanitation system
Raw materials
Te c n ic o M a y a Vo c a t io n a l S c h o o l
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C o m a la p a
C o lla b o r a t io n w it h Te c n ic o M a y a s t a f f
Partnership with Community
Foundation in one week, January 2009
Tir e s a r e c o l le c t e d f r o m, 3 0 C h im a lt e n a n g o m ile s a w a y
E x c a v a t ion
Adam and the crew fill tires with earth.
Stacked and woven tires form a solid retaining wall.
Foundation is filled with gravel and earth-filled tires
Crew filling top tier of tires
School taking shape
Roof construction November 2009
Roof has a drainage system that diverts water to a cistern.
Volunteer bringing concrete to roof
November 2009 February 2010
Walls have cob applied, 1st layer
Light filters through glass bottles placed into the roof
Vents are poked out after ceiling is completed
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeOouXAC42c
Volunteer fills a liter bottle with earth to make a brick.
Earth-filled and litter-filled liter bottles form the structure for building.
Earth-filled and litter-filled liter bottles form the structure for building.
LWH volunteers and the local community teamed together with the Minnesota chapter of Engineers Without Borders to construct a 67,000 gallon water harvesting system for the town of Simajuleu.
Beneficiaries of the water tank. It will help 5000 have reliable access to water
Feliciano, Clara and their three children
Past volunteer, Rafael Lindau
Ways you can help• Internships
Construction
Teach environmental education
Teach English
Turf Management
Organic Gardening
Curriculum Development
Volunteer in USA• Fundraisers, presentation opportunities, (do you belong to a Place of Worship?)• Database research
Additional Ways to Help
View in Paxan from Vocational School
Costs:$300-$700 roundtrip airfare$50 transportation from airport$75/week Parque Chimiya (includes basics, no meals)$75/week Hotel Sol (includes some meals)$5-$7/day foodTotal: $550/month, plus airfare
View of volunteer headquarters at Parque Chimiýa
250 interns and volunteers since
2004
We believe that in order to break the cycle of poverty people need to know that
it exists.
Volunteer/Intern
Forms & Additional Information Apply Online (Individuals)
Apply Online (Groups) Volunteer / Intern Packet (.pdf)
1. Manual2. Application
3. Release Form 4. Group Volunteer Coordinator's Form
Programhttp://www.longwayhomeinc.org
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