Learning Centre
The Casita provides learning assistance, help with homework, computer access, life skills training, English classes and a library. Children come after school for a place to study, get tutorial help and a snack. Scholarship students volunteer to help the young ones.
Scholarships
Scholarship students are encouraged to become leaders in their community and to overcome the daunting and persistent barriers facing rural, Indigenous Guatemalan children.
Ancianas
The Casita serves the Ancianas – about 25 isolated, elderly widows come twice a week to enjoy a nourishing lunch followed by exercise, crafts and social time.
Scholarship students volunteer to help cook their meals and encourage social activities.
News and Events
La Casita Graduate!
Veronica, was notified last year that she, out of 200 applicants, had received a 4-year scholarship from John Brown University in Arkansas, USA. She will be starting her academic career this January and hopes to study Business Management. Being away from her family and her village is a huge event in Veronica’s life. However, another young woman from a neighbouring village, Santa Catarina, has been at the University for a year and will be able to mentor Veronica.
Our graduate students continually give testimony to the importance of La Casita in their lives and how they’ve been able to realize their dreams. Veronica plans on returning to San Antonio Palopo and with her education hopefully start a cooperative business for women … investing in her community.
2025 Year End Celebrations & Ana Olivia’s Wedding
