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 Jackie Mauer | Jun 10, 2015 | Education, Volunteering
Last month marked the one-year anniversary of Konojel’s Children’s Education program. Konojel began 4 years ago as a lunch program for mothers and children who are the most at risk of acute and mal-nutrition. Last year, the lunch program grew to include a...
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...
