Guatemala

2008 Mission Trip to Guatemala

Join Northaven in mission to Guatemala August 2-10, 2008.

Sunrise on Lake Atitlán, taken from Casa Rosada, where the mission team will be staying
	Methodist church the mission team will be repairing in San Juan La Laguna

Participants will:

• Visit Antigua (colonial capital of Guatemala), Iximche, Kaqchiquel Maya ruins of Tecpán-Guatemala, and Lake Atitlán
• Dialogue with human rights advocates
• Visit indigenous market in Panajachel
• Repair Methodist church in San Juan La Laguna, Lake Atitlán

The registration deadline is May 1, 2008.

The cost per participant is $1,300. Scholarships are available. Space is limited to 12 people.

For more information, download the trip brochure (PDF, 70 KB).

JoAn Dwyer/Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya (ODIM)

Human Development Fund grants help Northaven missionary JoAn Dwyer further her work in the Mayan communities of Lake Atitlán. Projects include an annual Children's Cultural Exchange between rural Mayan and urban Ladino children, a seed bank and distribution center in San Pablo La Laguna, a project to convert an abandoned Methodist church in San Juan La Laguna into a community center/health clinic, and an adult literacy program in San Pablo La Laguna. In conjunction with WINGS of Antigua, Guatemala, ODIM coordinates training of Mayan women in family planning and conducts cervical cancer detection clinics.

For more information, download the ODIM brochure (PDF, 2.6 MB).

El Salvador

María Madre de Los Pobres Parish, La Chacra, San Salvador

Beca/Apadrinamiento Program—A program of our sister parish to provide elementary and secondary students with medical care and school supplies each year. Interested individuals or families may support an elementary aged child (6-13) for $240 per year or a secondary aged child (14-18) for $360 per year. Godparents currently provide annual funds for 21 children in the parish.

Micro-loan Community Banks—The Northaven Human Development Fund grants support the development of micro-loan community banks in the parish. These loans help residents establish small businesses to support their families.

Visit the parish website.

Canton Huisisilapa, La Libertad

Huisisilapa Youth Artisan Collective—
"Creating a sustainable future through fair trade crafts." The Youth Artisan Collective of Huisisilapa was formed in 2004 to provide sustainable income for the young people of Canton Huisisilapa, El Salvador, through the sale of the handmade crafts they produce. The young members of the collective represent families who fled their native departments of Chalatenango and Cabañas during the Salvadoran civil war. Many of the leaders of the collective spent their early childhood in UNCHR refugee camps in Honduras, returning to establish the new community of Huisisilapa in the department of La Libertad after the 1992 Peace Accords were signed. In 2007 with the financial support of the Northaven Human Development Fund and other organizations, the youth and community volunteers completed construction of an artisan workshop/youth center. The building is designed as a multiuse space to contribute to the positive, organizational, and communitarian development of the youth of Huisisilapa.

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