Common Hope Blog

by Caroline McGee, Guatemala Grants & Communications Coordinator Saturday was an exciting and slightly nerve-wracking day for some of Common Hope’s affiliates. Students came to the Family Development Center to write essays for Common Hope’s university scholarship competition.  Not at all nostalgic for the days I spent writing my own college essays, I thought I [...]

by Tamalyn Gutierrez, Country Director Last night, I invited Carlos and Hector Robles to present at my Rotary club. Carlos is a film maker about to graduate with a degree in film production.  He showed two movies — one reality show he is making for the Internet and one movie that is about HIV in [...]

by Tamalyn Gutierrez Jonathan, a former affiliated student, showed up in my office on a recent Friday morning.  I was headed to do an administrative task of some sort but welcomed the interruption.   Jonathan told me that Julio, Andres, Arnoldo and he would be playing in a band contest that evening in the Central [...]