Guatemala
Volunteer Teaching and Construction in Guatemala
Volunteers work on programs which provide education for children and adults, funded through volunteer contributions. We currently pay for over 400 children to attend school. Included in your fee is one scholarship per child, per year. We also run a food program. Without these projects, education would not exist for most of our children in Guatemala. As a community construction volunteer you will build energy efficient stoves to combat indoor air pollution which is responsible for more deaths each year than either Malaria or AIDS.
Sustainable Development & Eco-Projects
Volunteer Petèn is a 501c3 non-for-profit organization established in San Andrès, Petèn (with a US office in Mohnton, Pennsylvania) whose mission is to aid development in Guatemala by training international volunteers to participate in, design, and implement sustainable projects. Our main projects focus on environmental education, general education, reforestation, forest management, medicinal plants, and working with the public library and public schools, but we are open and able to aid volunteers to develop any project that suits their abilities and goals.
