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Winter Break Guatemala Project
Winter Break Guatemala Project
Learn more about our winter break trip! Click on the link below for more information, including pictures and description of our programs in San Juan La Laguna. [Winter Break Trip information and applications ]
Hear from residents of San Juan La Laguna
Read interviews from residence of San Juan and San Pedro about Mayan culture and the effects of the Guatemalan Civil War [ read more... ]
What is Weave A Dream?
What is Weave A Dream?
Weave a Dream is a student-run fair trade organization, dedicated to raising scholarship money for the children of Guatemala’s many Mayan women’s cooperatives. [ read more... ]

Application for the 2009-2010 Winter Break Cultural Exchange Trip are up now! Download a copy 2010 Trip Application

Weave A Dream is proud to be working with La ComUnidad, an organization the supports women's jewelry cooperatives. Look for their products in the store section soon!

Want to learn more about Guatemalan culture and San Juan La Laguna? Try these links:

Extensive report on the Guatemalan Civil War: Guatemalan Truth and Reconciliation Report

Website by a native of San Juan on Tzutujil Culture: La Casa De La Mente

An extensive website on the Popol Vuh, a classical Mayan religious text, with translation in K'iche', English and Spanish. Popol Vuh

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