Come experience life in the ‘Land of Eternal Spring’
Diane, director and founder of Sharing the Dream, is taking a group to Guatemala in early February, but for your convenience, here are the next trip dates:
Sharing the Dream’s philosophy is that we travel to Guatemala to “be” with the people instead of “do” for the people. We believe it is important to understand that we are on equal terms with them. The Guatemalan people are very kind, respectful people who have built a relationship with the Sharing the Dream staff and have taught us a lot over the years. Throughout the trip you will have the opportunity to listen to their hopes and dreams and learn about their vibrant culture. We will be welcomed into their homes to learn how they make their beautiful crafts and about their work with Sharing the Dream. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Diane at [email protected].
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In case you weren't on our mailing list (email or snail mail), below you'll find writings from our winter newsletter. If you'd like to be added to a mailing list, please email [email protected]. To donate to Sharing the Dream, you can follow this link, or find the button at the bottom of this page. Chuk Muk Project Advances, Donations Needed Those of us at Sharing the Dream in Guatemala have been talking about building an elder center for years. The land we looked at was always so expensive that we gave up the idea until the village of Chuk Muk gave us some land. Then the dream started again. In January, I (Diane) was in Guatemala with my son Seth and my husband Ed. They were both excited about the land and drew up different plans for the construction. This now has more meaning than ever since my husband passed away in July. He was a wonderful man who supported my dream for 20 years. He was excited about the elder center and he and my son came up with the idea of the village concept instead of one large building. It is hard for me to move forward with my life and these plans, but as Ed told me, “Diane, we both have new chapters in our life, we have to move on.” It is with Ed’s blessing that I will help undertake this project. It will be a new chapter for our elders in Guatemala, too. We’ve had lots of exciting developments over the past year on this project that will include an elder center, artisan workshop, tutor center, and hostel. We are just starting to look at the plans with a contractor so we can begin construction. Above is a draft drawing of the village concept. The orange building is the elder center with the guard’s house on top. The blue building is the artisan/bead workshop with a small fair trade store, offices, and storerooms on the bottom floor, and a large space on the second floor for our beaders. We are hoping to hire at least 20 women from the community as beaders. The green building is our tutor center on the first floor and the hostel on the second floor. We want to do this in three phases with the first phase being the elder center. Our philosophy is to be as sustainable as possible. We are hoping to do more of that with the bead group and the hostel. We are also working with the Chuk Muk community to apprentice people in every aspect of the building project. Please consider helping us financially with this project. We have been working hard to secure funding for our new elder center village in Chuk Muk, Guatemala. We have been given a matching donation of up to $100,000 by a very generous donor and have raised about $20,000 toward this goal. We greatly appreciate any contributions toward this project. Remembering Ed Nesselhuf |
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