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Municipal Fire Department of La Antigua Guatemala

April 27, 2020 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Municipal Fire Department of La Antigua Guatemala – Historical Summary CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT On November 3, 2004, the Municipal Firefighters of La Antigua Guatemala Association and the “Municipal Fire Department of La Antigua Guatemala” were born into legal life, as its operational body. The Municipal Firefighters of La Antigua Guatemala Association, is an autonomous public service entity, essentially technical, professional, […]

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Life after Fuego Volcano Eruption in Guatemala

June 23, 2018 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

From the roof of the house where I am staying I can see two volcanoes — Agua and Fuego (side by side with the inert volcano Acatenango). They are the giants that dominate the local landscape, and often seen in picture-perfect postcard images, especially the dormant Agua, located approximately 3 to 6 miles from the city of La Antigua Guatemala. On June […]

Category: Editorial, Travel Tags: 05 Travel, Community Service, Guatemala, visit, Volcán Fuego

The Good Hotel Antigua

April 19, 2017 Revue Magazine One comment

The Good Hotel Antigua demonstrates how premium hospitality and doing good for the local community can go together. I am so excited to tell this success story. In 2012 when I first heard about it, Good Hotel Antigua was of those utopian dreams that sounded both totally exciting and practically impossible with its ambitious goals. In September 2016 this […]

Category: Community Service Tags: antigua guatemala, Community Service, Education, hospitality, hotel, ngo

ALDEA Celebrates 50 Years

April 3, 2017 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

For 50 years, ALDEA has partnered with indigenous Guatemalans to strengthen communities and enhance the health and well-being of families. This year we are celebrating the profound and lasting legacy in Guatemala of Dr. Carroll Behrhorst, a U.S. doctor from Kansas, affectionately called “Doc” by those who knew him. —Sue Patterson Celebrating 50 Years of Dr. Carroll Behrhorst’s Legacy in […]

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BOOK ALERT: “Doing Good… Says Who?

May 23, 2016 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Authors Connie Newton and Fran Early. Angélica, a Mayan village widow with five young children, earns a living by making dolls from discarded textiles stuffed with straw and cornhusks. Facial features embroidered with brightly colored thread give the dolls personality and makes them popular at the market. Recently, though, the cost of medicine for a child with an infection has […]

Category: Community Service Tags: Book Alert, Community Service, Doing Good...Says Who?, Guatemala

Coffee Brews an Education in Guatemala

September 14, 2015 Revue Magazine One comment

ARIMA – Community Service. Mission statement: Arima delivers limited editions of extraordinary, specialty grade coffee. We believe in openness and honesty to create a premium and socially responsible coffee brand. Arima always and only works the best single-origin 100 percent arabica strictly hard beans (SHB). We visit every coffee estate to ensure quality and establish a long-term relationship with producers. […]

Category: Community Service Tags: Antigua, coffee, Community Service, Education, Guatemala

It Does Take a Village

February 26, 2015 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Building a community at the grassroots level. text / photos by Kerstin Sabene. Implementing change, even when it’s meant to reduce health and social disparity, can be challenging. No one understands this better than Ignacio Ochoa, director of the Nahual Foundation, a think tank by and for indigenous people of the Americas, based in La Antigua Guatemala. Ochoa, who has […]

Category: Community Service, Culture Tags: Antigua, Community Service, Guate, Guatemala, water project

Women’s Initiative for Justice

November 3, 2014 Revue Magazine One comment

COMMUNITY SERVICE by Matt Bokor. Thanks to the Women’s Justice Initiative (WJI), hundreds of rural, indigenous women in Guatemala are learning that they too have rights. Elena, for example, is now one of only a few women in her community who has legal title to her land. Magda, who married at age 15 to escape abuse by both parents, is a […]

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Clowns “Invade” Local AIDS Orphanage

May 2, 2014 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Community Service. text/photo by Benjamin Reeves. Doctor Hunter Dogherty “Patch” Adams in the house There are few phrases more depressing to hear than, “AIDS orphanage.” Yet the Hospicio de San José in Santa Lucía Milpas Altas is anything but a place of sadness, although it is the home for many acutely ill children and adults. The hospicio was established in […]

Category: Community Service, Culture Tags: Community Service, Guate, Orphanage, Patch Adams

Dozens attend fundraiser for Niños de Guatemala

July 17, 2011 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Dozens of patrons enjoyed cocktails and appetizers Saturday evening, July 16, at a fundraiser for Niños de Guatemala (NDG), an NGO that operates a school for poor children in Ciudad Vieja, among other education-related services. Guests met with blue-shirted staff and volunteers and viewed a series of photographs depicting children and teachers at NDG’s school, Nuestro Futuro, which offers quality […]

Category: Community Service, Education, News Tags: Community Service, Fundraiser, Niños de Guatemala

God’s Child Project

July 4, 2011 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

20 years of improving lives by Hannah Wallace Bowman Malnourished kids are among the many who benefit Guatemala has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in Latin America, with 45 percent of children under the age of 5 suffering from this chronic and life-threatening illness. When Jose Alberto arrived at Casa Jackson, an emergency recovery center for infants suffering […]

Category: Projects Tags: Community Service, God’s Child Project, Hannah Wallace Bowman, Ray Conway

Make Your World A Home

June 28, 2011 Revue Magazine Leave a comment

Habitat for Humanity conference in honor of Guatemala success by Anna-Claire Bevan It’s not often that Guatemala is described as a global leader, but in the world of Habitat for Humanity, that’s exactly how it’s known. The NGO´s international president Ken Klein recently visited the country to celebrate the success of Habitat Guatemala and learn from its effective disaster-response program. […]

Category: Projects Tags: Anna-Claire Bevan, Community Service, Habitat for Humanity

Peace Corps volunteers honored at 50th anniversary celebration

May 1, 2011 Matt Bokor Leave a comment

Finishing two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Totonicopán, Samra Brouk summarized her experience in three words: “challenging, surprising, satisfying.” “It was probably the two hardest years of my life but at no point did I think there was anyplace else I should be,” said Brouk, 24, a native of Rochester, N.Y., who plans to go to law school […]

Category: Community Service, Guatemala, News Tags: Community Service, Peace Corps

The American Society of Guatemala

February 1, 2010 Revue Magazine 6 comments

written by Ralph Anske The American Society of Guatemala (ASG) was founded on June 14, 1960 by a group of American citizens residing in Guatemala. The society was created to provide a focal point to strengthen community ties and provide an institution to represent the interests of its members. It helps them contribute in situations where citizens of the United […]

Category: Community Service, Projects Tags: American Society, Community Service, Ralph Anske

The Guardians of Las Gravileas

October 1, 2009 Laura McNamara One comment

A project where women serve their sisters The center’s name is symbolic. In a country where coffee represents approximately 10 percent of the gross domestic income, the gravilea tree provides a critical, protective canopy for the shade-loving plant. Just as the gravilea tree provides this fundamental necessity for the cultivation of coffee, so, too, is Las Gravileas meant to offer […]

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