Welcome to the WFM TMVP Guatemala blog
Welcome from Panajachel, Guatemala and to the new WFM Team Member Volunteer Program Guatemala blog. The aims of program are to engage Team Members in education and other locally led sustainable initiatives, as well as learn about and engage with local micro-financing through the Whole Planet Foundation and its micro-financing site, the Grameen Trust.
For the last year, the WFM Guatemala program has gone from strength to strength. Currently, Team Members are active in one of the several indigenous communities around Panajachel, Guatemala, where we have had an active presence for the last year and continue to encourage and strengthen our relationship with the community. Team Members support long-term locally led capacity building initiatives which include education programs and other local initiatives. Team Members are directly involved in each of the student classrooms, giving lessons and engaging with the students, teaching numeracy, literacy, and helping to further their studies.
The program is complemented with visits to the local Whole Planet Foundation micro-financing site, meeting local borrowers, Spanish lessons, and cultural visits through the surrounding areas to strengthen Team Members knowledge and overall experience in rural Guatemala.
We aim to create a very dynamic and interactive blog, so you can keep up to date with the latest happenings, news, excursions, and read what each month’s Team Members are getting up to!
This is a blog for all Team Members past and present, so please post comments and suggestions, or send photos and entries you would like to see up here. We hope you find this new blog useful and interesting, but most importantly, we hope it reminds you of your time in Guatemala and helps you keep in touch with the program!
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