by Julie Coyne | May 23, 2013 | Our Impact
Many years ago, friends involved with Berea College in Kentucky were visiting our Education and Hope after school program in Guatemala. Impressed by our work to provide academic scholarships to children whose families couldn’t afford to send their children to school,...
by Julie Coyne | Oct 27, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
You’d think that after all these years I’d be used to it, the process of getting from Connecticut to Guatemala. Finishing up the projects I’ve been working on, frantically tying up a million loose ends, packing 250 pounds of luggage (literally), the...
by Julie Coyne | Aug 24, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
The best part of arriving back in Xela? A line of hugs that extends out the door!
by Julie Coyne | May 12, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
When she first started coming by to ask us for food, she would call me Seño (“Miss”). That’s if she spoke to me at all. I would try to engage her in conversation but she would always scurry away claiming she was too busy, no time to stay and eat...
