by JUSTA Collective | Sep 11, 2015 | Chacayá, Education, Volunteering
By Stéphanie Desruelles, JUSTA’s Chacaya Program Coordinator Hello! My name is Stéphanie Desruelles. I am from France and am the new Chacaya Program Coordinator, following in the footsteps of Stephanie Gater, who had been involved in the project for the past...
by JUSTA Collective | Aug 22, 2015 | Chacayá, Education, Health, Public Health
By Stephanie Gater JUSTA’s Chacaya Program Coordinator The community of Chacaya lives on the shores of Lake Atitlan, an enchanting and exceptionally beautiful body of water. Their livelihoods are interlaced with the lake – from transportation (my...
by JUSTA Collective | Jun 17, 2015 | Chacayá, Education, Health, Volunteering
I’m Stephanie Gater; I’m from Australia and came to live in Guatemala four months ago to work as JUSTA’s Chacaya Program Director. Chacaya is a small remote village on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The nearest neighbor to the village is the international...
by JUSTA Collective | May 13, 2015 | Chacayá, Education, Health, Nutrition, Public Health
What does access to nutrition and health education mean for students in rural Chacaya, Guatemala? Chacaya is a remote indigenous village of less than 1,000 people on the shores of Lake Atitlan. The students in Chacaya Middle School had the opportunity to take part in...