Common Hope Blog

We recently received some great videos from David Wartik, one of the teachers from Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, IL who visited Common Hope in Guatemala again this summer. Below is a clip from the teachers’ visit to our partner school in San Miguel, near our Antigua site. The students in this classroom surprised their [...]

After hearing about tropical storm Agatha, Lettie Thomas Hastings, who was adopted from Guatemala, wanted to do something for her home country. So the 8-year-old organized a benefit concert this June to raise money for affected families. The concert was a success, raising more than $200 for storm relief. Click here to see Lettie and [...]

Head on over to the new Volunteer Network for a story from Sally Thomas on her recent Vision Team project. An excerpt below, by Sally Thomas. Most cooks know how much fun it is to get into the kitchen with friends, elbow to elbow, and share recipes and cooking skills. Recently the women [...]

Students from San Rafael, our satellite site, were very excited to receive soccer gear several weeks ago from an organization called PeacePassers. The donations were carried to Guatemala by a Vision Team led by Zach and Sally Thomas, former long-term volunteers at Common Hope. Soccer is a popular pastime in Guatemala, however many children lack [...]