April 2, 2010
Guatemala Update
Hope your all okay up there, enjoying the snow and cold. Today was quite the religious day in Jalapa. Since it is Good Friday everyone was getting ready for the procession in the town ... |
March 29, 2010
Guatemala Update
46 is the number of days we have left of this trip, and by the time everyone back home reads this it will be 45. This means that we are already halfway through our experience; quite honestly I have no idea where the time has gone ... |
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March 21, 2010
Guatemala Update
The weeks are going by fast, the days speeding ahead, blurring together into a mesh of work, laughter and learning... |
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March 16, 2010
Guatemala Update
Heat, dust, poverty, & a way of life that is hard to comprehend. Yet, there is a sense of immense hope in the faces of the men, women & children of this mountain village which is about an hour & a half away from Jalapa... |
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March 9, 2010
Guatemala Update
I cannot imagine getting up every morning to walk miles and miles with a heavy jug of water on my head and a baby on my back, but these women do it, everyday... |
March 6, 2010
Guatemala Update
Today was a good day. In the morning, a couple of the other students and I went to the neighbours house to move soil that was needed for a garden. We have water at camp that we share with all the neighbours and we want to show the people all the great things that you can grow once you have a reliable source of water ... |
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March 3, 2010
Guatemala Update
The camp is beautiful; you see mountains from the front porch and beyond those mountains you know are more mountains. In the morning you wake up from the sound of birds, dogs, horses and roosters and when you step outside your first breath of the day is fresh crisp air... |
February 24, 2010
Guatemala Update
Today started off with the group staying at camp during the morning, and working on jobs that needed to be finished here. Some students worked inside the house, doing such jobs as laundry, and repainting parts of the support beams, while others spent the morning outside digging a trench for piping in order to provide water for a neighbouring family... |
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February 22, 2010
Guatemala Update
News from Campo Esperanza |
February 20, 2010
Guatemala Update
A letter from Bruno |
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February 17, 2010
Students arrived safe and sound at the camp |
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February 16, 2010
Students departed from St. Catharines 6:30 am |
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February 14, 2010
Mass was celebrated by Msgr Leo Clutterbuck, for the students participating in the inaugural Niagara Catholic International Cooperative Education program - Guatemala 2010 at St. Alfred's Church in St. Catharines. |
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October 13, 2009
At the October Committee of the Whole Meeting, Director Crocco presented information on the new Niagara Catholic International Co-op Experience (NCICE) Read more about the program >> |
