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Volunteering in Guatemala

David Cohen

The poverty rate in Guatemala is around 55%, so I decided to take Rollie to El Remete, Guatemala. Day 0 – Travel to Guatemala City before our next day connection Today was a travel day. We arrived in Guatemala City at 7pm, and got through customs and immigration fairly quickly. But I thought I’d share it all.

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The Accomplishments of Entrepreneur, Justin Halladay

The Startup Magazine

” Because she is from Guatemala, one of the organizations with whom we are collaborating is a Guatemalan orphanage. . “We’re very focused on widows and orphans right now,” he adds, “and we’re working with a group that’s very close to my wife’s heart.”

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Supporting Guatemala Honey Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurial Mind

My colleague here at Belmont University, Jose Gonzalez, has been working with a group of students to assist honey farmers in Guatemala. They all spent time in Guatemala over part of the Christmas break and are now back working on plans to help these farmers.

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Startups from Around the World at SXSW

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News There were startups from Guatemala and Germany, Malaga, Spain, France, Australia, Russia, Denmark, Sweden and more at the invitation-only SXSW Global Startup Forum at City Hall.

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[Review] The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook

YoungUpstarts

Scofield, the president and CEO of FINCA – a charitable organization that offers micro loans to the world’s lowest income entrepreneurs – shares his own, sometimes very personal, experiences, ranging from being as a Peace Corp volunteer in Guatemala to running FINCA.

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The April cS Award and the March cS Award Winners!

crowdSPRING Blog

He currently lives in Guatemala but is originally from the U.S. Now, if only we could get Congress to actually take your advice… Award #1 goes to AmeriPaddy who has been a member of our community since November 2010 and has participated in 70 projects. You can view Sean’s stellar project here.

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Entrepreneurship as Community Builder

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Another example comes from a group of Belmont University students who traveled to Guatemala as part of their entrepreneurship studies. Effort improves farmers' lives The town of Chajul, located in the mountainous region of Quiche in northern Guatemala, suffered some of the most brutal violence of the country's 30-year civil war.