"Common Hope has such an incredibly huge place in my heart precisely for what sets it apart from other organizations.  I attribute this deep appreciation largely to Common Hope's holistic, fearless, accountable, heart-full, and highly humanistic approach to development and administration."

Teams have organized everything from a volleyball match to an ultimate Frisbee game, encouraged learning through creative math games and simple science projects, and brought out students' creativity through beading and origami. Teams generously donated much of the equipment and materials needed for these great activities and brought them to Guatemala in their own luggage.

Pablo and the kids agree the inaugural year of this program was a huge success. Thank you!

One of the last days, we planted trees. In Guatemala this meant using a pick axe to chip away at bedrock. It was grueling work and each time we thought we were done, our supervisor would say "poco mas" - a little more. That night in our reflection time, one of our team members said maybe that's the point. If we all just did "poco mas," our tree of life may produce "mucha fruta grande," or much great fruit.