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May 28 - June 18, 2013 traveling with GRACE, Guatemalan Rural Adult and Children Education project I blogged everyday of our trip. If you would like to read the 2013 blog click on the button below, scroll down to the word previous and go to the first entry. You will share the trip as it unfolded for me/us.
The first time I traveled to Guatemala was in 1975 - of course I was a young woman at that point. Returning last year (2013) I often felt myself running into my younger self. We had many questions for each other.
The first time I traveled to Guatemala was in 1975 - of course I was a young woman at that point. Returning last year (2013) I often felt myself running into my younger self. We had many questions for each other.
From a news release written by Sue Denham:
GRACE (Guatemalan Rural Adult and Children’s Education), an educational project under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers, has partnered with the Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva since 2007. Founder Dr. Genelle Grant has dedicated her professional life to helping women in Guatemala improve their health, family relationships, economic prospects and personal safety.
The GRACE project conducts workshops throughout Guatemala, as well as locally in Lee County, with a focus on anti-trafficking, health education, stress reduction and teaching techniques. Grant first trains 5-6 facilitators in each geographical area, and these facilitators, with the help of Grant and her team, then conduct day-long workshops with up to 50 teachers, chosen from local schools. In this way, vital information can then be shared at each area school by the newly trained teachers.
GRACE (Guatemalan Rural Adult and Children’s Education), an educational project under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers, has partnered with the Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva since 2007. Founder Dr. Genelle Grant has dedicated her professional life to helping women in Guatemala improve their health, family relationships, economic prospects and personal safety.
The GRACE project conducts workshops throughout Guatemala, as well as locally in Lee County, with a focus on anti-trafficking, health education, stress reduction and teaching techniques. Grant first trains 5-6 facilitators in each geographical area, and these facilitators, with the help of Grant and her team, then conduct day-long workshops with up to 50 teachers, chosen from local schools. In this way, vital information can then be shared at each area school by the newly trained teachers.
Below - the slide show shows work days - facilitator trainings and day long workshops.
Below that are my favorite photos from the trip.
Below that are my favorite photos from the trip.
Here's an assortment of my favorite photos from the 2013 trip.
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