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Organizado por: Sandy Santiz Fecha y hora: viernes, 02 de mayo de 2008 a las 8:00 Lugar: ANTIGUA GUATEMALA Ver este evento en Windows Live

 

Pronto se presentará ...!!

 

 

Introducing "The Real Life of Guatemala"  Nice experience to get in  "San Miguel Escobar"

Trying to give help and hope to desperately poor Guatemalan Families by empowering them to permanently lift themselves out of poverty.

 We encourage you to visit Don Filiberto´s family

Come with us going by camioneta (chicken bus or pick up)

First you will go to the house of this family and meet them after that you will start the hiking up or walking part of Agua Volcano during more than one hour.

 *You will hear the difficult life of indigenous on the coffee-plantations while we hike the trails and see the nicest views of the surroundings of Agua Volcano

 Then we come back to Filiberto´s home, there you can make tortillas with Don Filiberto´s wife and enjoy it with guacamole on beans while he explain about their life in this town during the last years of the war

 Ask them about everything you want to know 

Date:                                 Twice a month    Time:  13:30pm 

Entrace Fee                        Q30.00 or *U$10.00 if only one person is going

Transportation Cost:               Q4.00 *Not included in price (Chicken bus or pick up)

Meeting Point:                     *Pending to reconfirm 

 Further Information ask  Sandy Santiz 5249-9867  E-mail: sandrickssh@gmail.com

Everybody is invited   You are going scoult by security

!! Book now...!!

Don't Forget to bring your Camara, water, hiking shoes..!!

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 2006

Subject:   Report of Spanish studies and medical voluntary work

Date:       June 5^th to July 7^th

Student:  Mario Morin

During the summer of 2006, I have had the pleasure of studying Spanish at the “Zamora ” &  “GuateSplendida Cultural-Educational Tours & Social Work Opportunities” arranged my volunteer Work Placement So I also had the pleasure of working in the laboratories of the Hospital Nacional Hermano Pedro for a period of 7 weeks.  These two experiences allowed me to acquire novel knowledge in a multitude of fields, such as language skills, medical theory and practice, Guatemalan politics, current social events, and local values and perspectives. 

 Learning Spanish at the “Zamora” was fun and very convenient.  Everyone in the school was incredibly friendly and helpful.  The classes consisted of one-on-one interactions with an instructor, where I would be able to practice theoretical linguistics and practice conversation skills afterwards with constant support and correction from the teacher.  The teaching methods were also very effective and entertaining.  When I arrived in Antigua, I did not know any Spanish, and after 4 weeks, I was able to have full conversations in Spanish.  To complement my learning at the school, I stayed with a local family and also volunteered in a Hospital.  By doing so, I was able to learn a lot about social issues and perspectives.  I feel that I have accomplished a lot with the help of the team at Zamora.

 Under the supervision first of Sandy Santiz - Renata and of great co-workers at the Hospital Nacional Hermano Pedro, I have learnt a wide range of practical and theoretical knowledge in the medical field.  Before arriving to Antigua, I had just finished a M.Sc. in Biochemistry (Ottawa, Canada).  During my graduate studies, I have worked a great deal in laboratories, but my experience in the laboratories of the hospital in Antigua was positively different.  I was able to interact directly with patients (in Spanish of course) and gain a great deal of practical and theoretical knowledge in many areas of hospital laboratories, such as biochemistry, hematology, serology, blood bank, microbiology, urology, coprology.  The team in the laboratories was incredibly friendly and willing to help me throughout my experience.  I am certain that this experience will give me a great head start on my studies of medicine, which I will begin in September.

 My stay in Antigua has allowed me to learn much about the great country of Guatemala, but also about myself.  I owe much to my new friends and teachers at “Zamora” and Sandy Santiz “GuateSplendida Cultural-Educational Tours & Social Work Opportunities”and at the Hospital Nacional Hermano Pedro.  It was truly an amazing experience.

 Thanks to all for making this the best experience possible!

** Mario Morin M.D. Candidate (Ottawa, Canada), MSc Biochemistry (idem) B.Sc. Biochemistry (idem)  Telephone:  1-613-884-0782

e-mail:  sandrickssh@hotmail.com  or  mmorin1@hotmail.com

 We usually place volunteers in organizations such as:

* Private Institutions, not profit focus on the field of children Mentally and Physically challenges

*Small clinics in local community for vaccination programs for children

*Dental care

*First Aids

*Pregnancy minotoring 

*Homes for elderly

*Daycare organizations (single parents families)

*Teaching computer in Rural Comunities schools.

*Supporting children with homework assigments,  or reinforcement.

 *Assist Physician in private clinics or Social Proyects

 *Public Hospital (a minimum commitment is required, **(fourth grade in med school students or internships)

 *Animal Rescue Conservation Centers

Time:                            13:45pm  

Meeting Point:          Pending to confrim address

Entrace Fee                   Q40.00 Paid in advance.  

Transportatioo Cost:       *Pending according size of the group   *Q15.00 or Q20.00 ( Mínimum 7)