COMMON HOPE BLOG http://commonhope.org/blog Notes from the field Tue, 15 May 2012 19:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Help from the University of San Carlos http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4642 http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4642#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:33:17 +0000 katel http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4642 Posted in Education,Health Care

Last month, our education support staff hosted a day of hearing exams with support from the University San Carlos. They performed 57 exams on mostly children along with a few adults. Mariela España, psychologist and speech therapist for Common Hope, organized the event. She says that hearing loss is very common in Guatemala, because people [...]

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]]> http://commonhope.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=4642 0 My wish for Jesus Alex http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4668 http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4668#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:07:39 +0000 katel http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4668 Posted in Education

by short-term volunteer Debra Des Vignes A couple of weeks ago, I was glad to be heading to the Santa Catarina school along with my husband to meet some children who go to the school. We left behind Antigua’s candlelit restaurants and beautiful courtyards for the winding path into the small town. We drove past [...]

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]]> http://commonhope.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=4668 2 Honoring mothers http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4679 http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4679#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:16:52 +0000 katel http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4679 Posted in Family Development,Guatemala Culture

In light of Mother’s Day (celebrated yesterday in Guatemala, Sunday in the U.S.), we honor all of the mothers we work with—both in Guatemala and the U.S. We wish you all a wonderful holiday. En honor del Día de la Madre (celebrado ayer en Guatemala y el domingo en los EE.UU.), honramos a todas las [...]

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]]> http://commonhope.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=4679 0 Volunteer photos in real time http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4650 http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4650#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:00:30 +0000 katel http://commonhope.org/blog/?p=4650 Posted in Volunteers

We have a couple of short-term volunteers currently, Debra Des Vignes and Andrew Hayenga, who have been sharing photos of their work each day via Twitter. It has been fun to see them as they go. Here are the photos they’ve shared so far. You can follow them on Twitter at @debradesvignes and @andrewhayenga.

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