Taking Flight: Highlights from 7 extraordinary days in Rabinal
By Michael Bakal As the year draws to a close, I am reflecting on another incredible year with Voces y Manos, and in particular this latest 7-day visit to Rabinal. The trip cannot adequately be summarized, so I would like to instead share a few excerpts from the journal I kept during this extraordinary trip. […]
Listening to the Community
This past summer, Voces y Manos partnered with the USF School of Nursing and ASECSA (Asociación de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud) in Guatemala to organize community health members in Rabinal, Guatemala, illuminating the health needs of the community. The result was a framework for transforming findings into action. Citizens of Rabinal are in a more […]
Yo Soy
As the final week of work with the youth approached, I felt I needed more time to learn more about my students. However, we only had two more days of classes and the despedida left to share with the youth. It was at the beginning of this week that I experienced one of the most […]
Lasting Impacts from Week Two
This is how I knew Maynor Rocael last year: Our introduction was brief, as Guillermo (the former director of La Fundación Nueva Esperanza) had simply brought him to show us the status of his tonsils. I remember he was a shy, quiet boy who smiled politely as Guillermo raved about how great of a […]
Back in Rabinal, At Last
Time seems to flow with odd irregularity in Guatemala. Back in the US, we spent 10 months laying out plans for this trip—10 months followed by a six-hour flight across 4,000 miles and four hours driving the final 100 km to the center of Baja Verapaz—only to arrive and find that not a […]
Alicia’s project
Hello: I send you a cordial greeting wishing you success in your daily work, and I hope you have a good vacation. The reason for this letter is to tell you a little about the project in San Rafael. I wantto tell you that in San Rafael I carried out the project of planting vegetables […]
Scholarship Student Projects!
Our scholarship students are amazing! Guillermo Chen at our partner organization, Fundación Nueva Esperanza, just sent an email update with the final report from two of the scholarship student group’s community health projects- “Improving Community Nutrition in Guachipilin” and “Reforestation in Chiticoy.” It is impressive. Erlin, Yessica, Yeimy and Vilma worked together to improve access […]
