On October 28,2016 Transformational Connections (TC) will be taking their 7th team of travelers,Team Siete, to Guatemala. The 14 member team, including two TC leaders and an assistant, will begin their journey in San Lucas Toliman in the Lake Atitlan region.
Working with the Institute of Meso-American Permiculture (IMAP) the team will prepare soil and use it help a family build a garden in a region where only dirt currently exists. This is one of many gardens IMAP is creating to enhance biodiversity in the region, feed the families, and teach children and adults about traditional Mayan growing practices.
Team Siete will also be working with Habitat for Humanity-Guatemala building stoves and helping with the continued construction of a youth center near Antigua. Construction began on Ninos con Bendicionnear, the youth center, in 2015 after being held in a family home for 8 years. As with all TC projects, the team will be working side-by-side with the families and youth of the area.
Sandwiched between work with these two organizations, Team Siete will be hiking a primary forest outside of San Lucas Toliman, visiting the ruins of Iximche, attending the Sumpango Kite Festival in observance of All Saints Day, and climbing Volcano Pacaya.