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The Journey to the Center of Ak’Tenamit
In the eastern part of Guatemala lays a school by the name of Ak’Tenamit. Ak’Tenamit serves as a boarding school for students in grades 7-12 and is one of the newest members of the GLP's Computer Centers Program. With the addition of new computer equipment, they are...
2019-2020 GLP Annual Report: see what your support has done this year!
Dear Fellow Rotarian: Thanks so much to all Rotary clubs and districts who contributed a total of $631,247* to the Guatemala Literacy Project this year! Please click here for the 2020 GLP Annual Report. Education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty that has...
COVID-19 Update
Dear GLP Family, We hope you’re all doing well during this unprecedented time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Many of you have been asking about us and what is happening in Guatemala. This curious time has us all feeling separated and disconnected as many of us take to...
February 2020 Tour Highlights
Just last month, we packed our bags and headed down to Guatemala to meet 52 eager travelers for two INCREDIBLE project tours. With weeks’ worth of hilarious and heartfelt stories, we couldn’t pick just one favorite memory from tour…so we decided to give you...
Best of Guatemala Travel Recommendations 2019
Thank you all for joining us here for our first ever Best of Guatemala Travel Recommendations! After spending time on a project tour with the GLP, volunteers often ask to stay a little while longer in Guatemala. I mean who wouldn’t after visiting this beautiful...
Rise Graduate Meets Michelle Obama
Education made this possible. Ancelma was born in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where 95% of students never graduate from high school. Through the GLP's programs, Ancelma beat these odds, earned her diploma, and broke the cycle of poverty in her family. So when...
Empowering Girls in Tech
Hacienda Maria students proudly holding their new Microsoft certificates Melinda Gates once said, “If you want to lift up humanity, empower women.” And that is exactly what the community of Hacienda Maria is doing. This year, 18 GLP Computer Program students from...
How one student overcame poverty with help from the GLP
We're a few months into the new Rotary year and making significant progress toward our goals! So far, 55 clubs have pledged to contribute almost $100,000 to this year's global grant, which will provide high-quality books, computers, and teacher training to...
Edwin’s Path out of Poverty
Textbooks. Computers. Spark Reading. Rise Youth Development. All four of the GLP's programs work with students in Guatemala to help them get the education they deserve in order to reach one of the biggest milestones in their lives, high school graduation! But it...
38 Rotary Clubs have pledged to our new Global Grant! Will your club join them?
We're a month into the new Rotary year and making significant progress toward our goals! So far, 38 clubs have pledged to contribute over $70,000 to this year's global grant, which will provide high-quality books, computers, and teacher training to impoverished...