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A Silver Bullet/Quick Fix Program to Lift People Out of Poverty?

Simply put, there is no such program that I have encountered in the past 20 years of being involved with the investigation and implementation of such programs.  If only it was so simple. Governments and NGOs have thrown 3 trillion dollars at poverty, and it appears that we are not much  better than … [READ MORE]

Volunteering 2015

Later this morning we will welcome our first 2015 school group of volunteers to Project Somos. St. George’s school from Vancouver will be our first group of students (9 young men). Next week we will welcome Southridge (South Surrey) and then Strathcona Tweedsmuir (Okotoks, AB) Last week we spent most of the week preparing for […]

Guest Blogger – Genny Tevlin

My time at Project Somos is coming to an end, this is my fifth week volunteering here and it has gone by at an alarmingly fast rate. I can’t quite believe that a week from now I will be leaving this place and not seeing these familiar faces everyday. My experience has been an exceptional […]

Five to Three… Really?

Before coming to live in Guatemala almost four years ago, I had travelled to various countries like India, Peru, Mexico and Bolivia.  I felt I had a strong sense of what poverty looked like, sounded like and smelled like.  I didn’t consider myself naïve to the true despair of the abyss of extreme poverty. I […]

Guest Blogger – Gabi Dubland

I have now been at Project Somos for 3 weeks. This trip marks my third visit to Guatemala. The first visit for Christmas with my family in 2011. My second in 2013 for 4 months. Now for three months. Every trip has been completely different. But I think I can safely say, that this is […]

Guest Blogger – Genny Tevlin

I have now been volunteering at Project Somos for over a week, and I have learned volumes.  Greg and Heather´s vision to enable the family unit to survive through endured hardship is inspiring, and even more so considering what a great success they have had in realizing their vision. I have been occupying myself with […]

Bamboletta Love

I met Christina way back in 2008 when we lived just off of Main Street in Vancouver, BC. She lived just a few doors up from us and I felt an overwhelming urge to knock on her door after seeing, day after day, handmade dolls in a room in her house. Curiosity just got the […]

Are you smarter than a third grader?

When Greg and I were back in Canada in the Fall, we had the opportunity to visit Glenlyon Norfolk Elementary School in Victoria, BC. We met with the Grade 3 class who at the time were studying architecture. We showed some slides and our video and then opened up the floor to questions. What a […]

Life’s unexpected turns

Life is full of unexpected turns and as much as we’d like to believe we are in control, we all know that this is not the case. After three years of visioning, planning and preparing to move to Guatemala, Greg and I left Vancouver mid-January. Departure was bittersweet for me. Saying goodbye to my parents, […]

Martyn Joseph concert in support of Project Somos

I met Martyn Joseph many years ago when he first played at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Working behind Main Stage as a volunteer, my primary responsibilities have been to provide hospitality to the artists in the “green room” and to assist the Main Stage crew with ensuring artists are in the right place at […]