Guatemala

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: Traveling with children in the developing world

Posted by The Green Mama on Apr 30, 2012
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In the fall of 2011, I decided to take my young children (then 1 1/2 years and 5 years) and go to Guatemala for almost four months. Sin espouso. And, no, I didn't speak Spanish.

Lake Atitlan and Green Mama babyLake Atitlan and Green Mama baby

Greening Guatemala: The Green Mama Tells How One Family is Saving Guatemala's Children One Family at a Time

Posted by The Green Mama on Apr 13, 2013
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What happens when two ordinary Canadians decide to make an extraodindary difference? Project Somos Children’s Village: A home. A family. A future.

Last year I visited a project that friends of mine from Guatemala had started: an EcoVillage of sorts for Guatemalan children. I have been back twice since and their story and their project have inspired me and hundreds of others to make a difference. Thanks to EcoParent for originally publishing this article.

Diapers: Another Problem Facing Parents in the Third World

Posted by The Green Mama on Apr 13, 2013
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gDiapers in Guatemala: The Green Mama and gDiapers Bring Cloth Diapering Help to Poor Parents in a Poor Country

Last year when I went to Guatemala with my baby and young daughter, I was horrified. Yes, at the spiders and scorpions and Giardia, but even more at the daily dilemma around diapering babies.

Are boring playgrounds hurting our kids?

Posted by The Green Mama on Feb 19, 2013
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Do boring playgrounds make our kids playground stupid?

Can children be taught to care? A Green Mama Story.

Posted by The Green Mama on Feb 18, 2013
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I am back in Guatemala for the second year with my children. Last year we came for almost 4 months and my eldest daughter attended a special, multi-cultural, Waldorf school in a small Mayan village. From chicken pox to chickens, it was a life-altering experience that I wrote about in a series of articles on this site. I also published an article about our trip and the school we visited in EcoParent Magazine.

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: Adios.

Posted by The Green Mama on May 16, 2012
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Traveling (home from) Guatemala with children: Our goodbyes. Adios is used for comings and goings in Guatemala and means, literally, to God. If a picture says a thousand words, then this photo essay just about encapsulates everything I wish I could say.... (in Spanish).  Leaving. Coming. Adios. 

 

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: Visiting Project Somos Children's Village

Posted by The Green Mama on May 15, 2012
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After we left San Marcos la Laguna, we went to visit Tecpan where our friends, Heather and Greg, have founded Project Somos Children's Village.

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: To be. Nosotros somos.

Posted by The Green Mama on May 15, 2012
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 Traveling with children in Guatemala: Life & Death !Nosotros somos!

Highlights: the most fun under the sun (in Guatemala), losing things, and my near-death stove explosion.

Me llama Manda. Soy de Canada, pero estoy en San Marcos la Laguna.

The most fun under the sun

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: Thirld World Realities.

Posted by The Green Mama on May 15, 2012
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Living in Guatemala with children: disease, bugs, and waste...oh my!

We have had a full couple weeks.  Still heavenly, but a heaven with Giardia, unexplained vomiting, head lice, chiggers and biting flies, and Chicken Pox.

More on the diseases of Guatemala

The Green Mama's Guatemalan Adventures: Escuela Caracol, Guatemala's International Waldorf School

Posted by The Green Mama on May 14, 2012
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Escuela Caracol is a large reason of why I decided to move my family to San Marcos la Laguna, Guatemala for three and half months.

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