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select Audio and
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Guatemala Trip Meeting
March 31, 2014 8pm EST
Introductions: Guatemala Team
Carolyn Doi
Guatemala Program
Manger ‘10 – ‘14
Stephanie Osley
Guatemala Team
Member ’11 – ‘14
Sarah Dahlen
Guatemala Trip Lead ’14
Guatemala Program
Team ’13 – ‘14
Carmen Ho
Guatemala Program
Team ‘11 – ‘14
Trip Participants
Sarah Dahlen
Monterey, CA
Rachel McDonald
Seattle, WA
Jorge Rivera
Toronto, ON
Dee Winn
Vancouver, BC
Cate Carlyle
Halifax, NS
Edith Daniel
Bethany, Oklahoma
Alex Cuadrado
Valencia, Spain
Mairead Mooney
Leicester, United Kingdom
Cynthia Palacios
Tucson, AZ
Kathryn Darnall
Ausin, TX
Jaq-Lin Larder
Halifax, NS
Christina Wilson
Pickering, ON
Agenda
 Welcome & Introductions
 Trip background info
 Trip partners
 Itinerary
 Booking flights
 Fees & financials
 Projects
 Donations & Gifts
 Dates & deadlines
Background information
 LWB vision: build sustainable libraries and
support their custodians and advocates —
librarians..
 LWB service trips to Guatemala annually since
2010.
Service Trips
 April 2010 –11 students from McGill University – first
visit to Asturias Academy
 April 2011 –27 students from 5 Canadian Universities
 May 2012 –13 LIS students & professionals
 April 2013 –17 participants (students & professionals)
– first visit to Chajul
 April 2014 – 12 participants (students &
professionals)
Asturias Academy
Asturias Academy
 Private non-profit K-12 school in Xela
(Quetzaltenango)
 Founded in 1994 to eliminate education disparities
through subsidized tuition. Curriculum based on Paulo
Friere’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” focussed on
critical thinking, leadership, learner-teacher model of
education.
 Serves aprox. 300 students from varying
backgrounds: indigenous, non-indigenous, poor,
working class and middle class.
Asturias Library
Asturias Academy
 Partnered since 2010
 4 service trips
 Developed strategic planning documents to
build the library
 Provided funding for 2 volunteer librarians
2011 – 2013
 Assisted with project plan to implement a
computer-based lending system, 2012 – 2013
 Donated more than 1000 books over 4 years
Limitless Horizons Ixil
 Located in Chajul, remote town in rural Guatemala
 “transforming community through education”
 6 LWB volunteers visited Chajul in 2013
 Officially partnered with LWB since 2013
 Community library est. 2010
 Over 3000 titles serving over 1400 users of all ages
 Many students use the library as a resource for
homework, study and free time
Limitless Horizons Ixil
Itinerary April 20 - 27
Day
Day 1
Date
Sunday, April 20
Location Morning
Guatemala Fly into Guatemala City GUA
City
Afternoon
Evening
Los Volcanes
Hotel
http://www.ho
stellosvolcane
s.com/
Day 2
Monday, April 21
Guate Xela
Drive to Xela
Asturias – tour of school/meet with COFA
Jorge
Work projects
Day 3
Tuesday, April 22
Xela
Cataloguing training with Dorita
Visit municipal library/downtown
COFA
Day 4
Wednesday, April 23 Xela
Asturias Volunteer projects
Asturias – prepare for library day
Work projects
COFA
Day 5
Thursday, April 24
Xela
Library Day
Hot Springs
COFA
Day 6
Friday, April 25
Xela
Asturias
volunteer projects
Soccer Game
Farewell
Dinner
COFA
Day 7
Saturday, April 26
Xela
Free time
Family visit
Salcaja
COFA
Day 8
Sunday, April 27
Xela
Walk to “La Muela”
Free time
COFA
Itinerary April 28 – May 1
Day 9
Monday April 28
Xela - Chajul 7:30 AM: pick up from COFA
Drive to Chajul
Stop in Chichi for lunch
1PM: Arrival at Hotel San Gaspar
Hotel San
1:30PM: Lunch
Gaspar
2:30PM: Tour of Chajul
4PM: Meet Edilma and the librarians
6PM: Dinner at Hotel San Gaspar
7PM: Go over story hour plan
Day 10
Tuesday, April 29
Chajul
7AM: Breakfast
8AM: Plan the art activity and
observe librariains during their prep
time
9AM: Story Hour - led by LWB
10AM: Art Activity - led by LWB
12PM: Lunch with local families
Hotel San
1PM: Weaving lesson
Gaspar
2PM: Observe and partipate in our
study/investigation process.
3:30PM: Talk about a barcode system
4PM: Questions
6PM: Dinner at Hotel San Gaspar
Day 11
Wednesday, April
30
Chajul Antigua
Travel from Chajul to Antigua (6hrs). Arrive in Antigua 4pm
8am departure
free time
Stop in Chichicastenango for lunch.
Day 12
Thursday, May 1
Antigua Shuttle to Guatemala City airport
Guatemala Departure from GUA
City
Black Cat Inn
Flights
 Arrive on April 20th La Aurora
International Airport, in Guatemala City
(GUA)
 Driver from Los Volcanes Hostel will
pick you up from the airport
 LWB travel agent: Andrea BanksDemuth andrea.banksdemuth@flightcentre.ca
 Send me your flight numbers/times
after you book
Fees…
Program Fees
• accommodations
• most meals
• entrance to all activities
• transportation within
Guatemala.
Fundraising fees
• Program costs
You are expected to
cover the cost of:
• flights to and from
Guatemala
• extra spending money
• occasional meals
• shuttle to airport
Library Day
Library Day
Pre trip
 Plan out the library day activities
 Purchase supplies
During the trip
 Meeting with Asturias Librarian
 Prepare stations/materials/instructions
 Coach non-Spanish speaking participants on key vocab for their
stations.
 Enjoy library day!
 Document informal assessment of the activities.
Afterward
 Write a brief report on activities, the overall success, and
recommendations for future events.
Cataloguing
Cataloguing
Pre Trip
 Take training session on the ILS project and the
classification system.
During the trip
 Training session with Asturias Librarian
 Cataloguing/ Processing of English language library
materials
 Organize books in the library
Post trip
 Provide written team report/ summary of on site work
Chajul Story Time
Pre Trip
 Plan story time and accompanying activity for 40 – 60 kids, aged 3 –
15
 Acquire supplies needed ($100 budget)
During the trip
 Discussion and prep for story time and activity with Chajul library
staff
 Coach non-Spanish speaking participants on key vocab for their
stations.
 Enjoy the day!
Post trip
 Provide written report/ summary of the program
Blogging & Photography
 Organize documentation of the trip including blog
posts and photographs.
 Solicit blog posts from various trip participants
 Ensure that key trip activities are documented
(Library Day, Chajul story time)
 Communicate with Mark Gelsomino (LWB CED) to
post content
Projects
Asturias: Cataloguing
 Lead: Dee Winn
 Need: 4-5 volunteers
Asturias: Library Day
 Lead: Sarah Dahlen
 Need: 2-3 volunteers
Chajul: Story time &
activity
 Need: 2-3 volunteers
Trip Communications
 Need: 2 volunteers
Donations & Gifts
 LWB will provide thank-you gifts for both
Asturias & Limitless Horizons
 LWB has budgeted for needed program
materials
 Do not bring gifts for individuals
 Contributions that are welcome:
 books in Spanish for K-12 students
 Funding for the Asturias Librarian
Discussion & Questions
Trip information page: http://lwb-online.org/?page_id=2222
Project planning pages: http://tinyurl.com/kasjbpb
Asturias Academy: http://www.asturiasacademy.org/
Limitless Horizons Ixil: http://limitlesshorizonsixil.org/
Contact email:
carolyn.doi@lwb-online.org (program manager)
Sarah.Dahlen@lwb-online.org (trip lead & library day project)
Carmen.Ho@lwb-online.org & stephanie.osley@lwb-online.org
(cataloguing project)