Join our Solidarity trip to Guatemala
Provide sewiing machines and humanitarian aid to vulnerable families!
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Provide sewiing machines and humanitarian aid to vulnerable families!
You are helping vulnerable children!
Join our high impact Solidarity trip to Guatemala!
Hold your place for $25! (refundable if trip is cancelled)
Day 1 Sunday - July 20 - Arrival
Arrival in Antigua - Free rest of the day to exlore.
Day 2 - Monday July 21-Antigua
We will travel to deliver and set up a bunk bed to a needy family and visit orhanage Por Amor de Patricia. Free afternoon to visit Antigua (optional guided walking tour in English)
Welcome dinner (included)
Day 3, Tuesday July 22 - Antigua
Shop and delivery of food and medicines to free kitchen run by nuns and home for abandoned elderly. Free afternoon. Optional visit to coffee plantation or volcano climb
Day 4, Wednesday July 23 - Depart for Pana
We will travel to Panajachel with a long stop in a hilltop community to put finishing touches to vented stoves. Box lunch included
Free afternoon to shop for handcrafts
Day 5, Thursday July 24 - Panajachel
Morning at FundaMaya for ceremony to deliver sewing machines to the sewing course graduates.
Boat crossing to Santa Cruz
Lunch at Amigos de Santa Cruz culinary school ($20.00 is not included)
Optional 2 hours weaving or beading class ($25.00 is not included)
Book delivery for the children's library.
Day 6, Friday July 25 - Return to Antigua
Return to Antigua with a stop to visit the fascinating Mayan Iximshe Ruins. The ruins offer a glimpse into the rich history and culture of the Mayan civili-zation.
Farewell dinner
Day 7 Saturday, July 26 Return to USA
Departure for USA or consider these options we can organise for you.
Spend more time in Antigua
Overnight or day trip to Tikal
Volcano climb on foot or horseback.
Explore More of Guatemala
COSTS
Prices based on shared double rooms Single Room +160)
$25 registration fee due immediately and refundable if we cancel the trip
$750 trip fee due by June 15, 2025
Does not include air fare, alcoholic or special beverages, not mentioned meals.
The entire amount of the fees will be spent on logistics, food, lodging, local transportation, sewing machines and the other donations that we will make. Consequently, your fee is entirely tax deductible. Your airfare is also tax deductible if you do not add days of leisure to the trip, in which case it would be proportionate to percentage of time spent on the solidarity work.
Includes local transportation
Hotels with full breakfast (shared room)
Some meals as mentioned in the itinerary
Balance of fee is applied towards some of these purchases:
One sewing machine per participant (will be shipped to each participant to transport)
Does not include air fare, alcoholic or special beverages, not mentioned meals.
The entire amount of the fees will be spent on logistics, food, lodging, local transportation and the donations that we will make. Consequently, your fee is entirely tax deductible. Your airfare is also tax deductible if you do not add days of leisure to the trip.Fee of $800.00 Entirely tax deductible.