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2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 6
By Amy Lam, Corey Culligan, and Tiara Ramsay Perez We started off our day with breakfast around 7:45 a.m., our final meal at IMAP. We packed our things and said our goodbyes to everyone before our driver Martin picked us up around 8:30 a.m. We took a different route back [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 5
By Cali Cordeau and Nellie Campbell We started the morning with a really good breakfast, omelets, fruit, refried beans, fresh watermelon, and papaya juice. It felt like the kind of meal that sets the tone for a full day ahead. After breakfast, we had a 30-minute lesson on the Cosmovision [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 4
By Katie Murphy and Sophie Purcell Today started early at the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP) with a sunrise swim in the lake. After that, we went back up for breakfast, which included pancakes, yogurt, fruit, and cantaloupe. Once everyone was together, we loaded into the truck and drove to Santiago. [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 3
By Amy Lam and Claire Haussmann Today our first full day of adventures at the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP) commenced! Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. was a delicious combination of scrambled eggs, pancakes with honey, refried beans with blue corn tortillas, and papaya. After breakfast, BTS Guatemala Coordinator, Javier gave a [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 2
By Corey Culligan and Tiara Ramsay Perez We started off with breakfast at 7 a.m. We had beans, tortillas, eggs, and fresh fruit. We packed up our stuff and we left Casa San Benito at 8 a.m. Martin picked us up with the van and we picked up Javier up [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 1
By Cali Cordeau and Nellie Campbell After eating breakfast, we gathered to share our hopes, fears, and group norms, grounding ourselves before stepping into deeper conversations. We were joined by BTS Guatemala Coordinator, Javier and Ingrid, who guided us through the historical and political realities of Guatemala. Javier began by [...]
Join the BTS 2027 Delegation to Guatemala (March 6 to 19, 2027)
BTS Delegates visiting our partners in Rabinal. Join us for the BTS 2027 Delegation to Guatemala! From Saturday, March 6th to Friday, March 19th, you'll have the opportunity to build international solidarity and learn from our partners in Rabinal: the New Hope Foundation's (FNE) culturally relevant, bilingual Maya [...]
Cooperant update: Commemoration and Convivir
By: Meara Donovan, BTS cooperant (2026) At 5:30 a.m., students and teachers began to show up at the New Hope Foundation's (FNE) office in Rabinal. Motorcycle after motorcycle of shockingly un-sleepy teenagers roared up to the huddles of students, teachers, and guests invited to the February 13th ceremony commemorating the [...]
Cooperant update: The sacred fire deserves respect too
By: Meara Donovan, BTS cooperant (2026) At the New Hope Foundation (FNE), spirituality is ever present. It is not separate, but rather interwoven with every aspect of learning at the Centro Educativo Comunitario Bilingue Intercultural (CECBI). ⁂ This morning, alarm clocks went off at 4:30 a.m. for teachers at the [...]
Intern update: From curiosity to connection: Witnessing justice in Rabinal
By: Nitya Ramírez, BTS intern (2025) I returned from Rabinal a month ago, but in many ways I am still there. Four months is not a long time in the abstract. But it is long enough to build routines, to learn people’s names, to recognize faces on the street, to [...]
