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1 May 2025
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Description
This is a non profit organization that serves impoverished children and families in Guatemala. The NGO builds homes for the homeless, feeds the hungry, teaches self sustainability and provides education for those who are not able to go to school.
We are located in a small village about 1.5 hr south of Antigua Guatemala and 30 min north of Monterrico Guatemala. *FYI if you are traveling from Antigua Guatemala to El Tunco El Salvador we are right in the middle along CA-2.*
We recently moved from town to a 5-acre rural property with 60 mango trees. Mango season runs from February to September, so we need help with harvesting. Alongside that, we have various construction, yard cleanup and self-sustainability projects, including a community garden and a chicken coop that we need help with the most. We also sponsor children and provide English lessons for both them and our staff. The English lesson for our sponsor children are on Fridays, while the short lessons for our workers are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Morning. Once in a while we organize different service projects to support the local community.
Our staff are local Guatemalans while I myself am from the States and my wife is from Switzerland. We have had volunteers from over 17 countries and received individuals from all path of lifes! Join the team!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
Movies & TV
Farming
Events & social
Culture
Charity work
Writing
Plant care
Photography
Gardening
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Team sports
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Beach
Camping
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer a safe environment away from tourism and peaceful in a rural area. Being in an area where not many people speak English, you will have to use Spanish when going shopping or speaking with locals.
Help
We are a young organization that has come a long way. We are building many micro enterprises within the non profit trying order to create self sustainability. We need primarily help working in the following areas:
• Construction projects (like building a chicken coop/ feed, fencing, garden improvements, etc.)
• Help harvesting/ preparing mangoes on our mango farm
• Cleaning up the yard
• Build with bamboo
• Community garden
Next to that, we need assistance in the following:
• Serve food to the community (Thursday)
• Invite children & families to our activities
• Oversee our Movie Theater for the community (Friday)
If you have a certification in Teaching (TEFL/ TESOL/ ETC.), you are welcome to help in:
• Assisting English lessons to children, youth and adults (Fridays)
• Assisting English lessons to staff (Tuesday Morning, Wednesday Morning, Friday Morning)
Skilled Workawayers Needed:
Since 2017, we have been developing our 5-acre property, which originally had nothing but dirt and trees. While we have made great progress in building, there are still many things missing and areas that need improvement.
We are specifically looking for Workawayers with skills in:
🎥 Content Creating
👨💻 Website Developing
📸 Photographing
🔧 Plumbing
🛠 Woodwork
🚗 Mechanic (working on a Truck)
🔌 Electrician
👨🌾 Gardening
🧑🍳 Cooking
🧹🧼🧽 Deep Cleaning
If you have experience in any of these areas and are willing to contribute your skills, we would love to have you join us! Your help will make a lasting impact on our ministry.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We have a few outreaches going on weekly with the local community. There you have plenty opportunity to learn some Spanish and even sharing your language.
Accommodation
We call it, "The Mission House".
We have 2 bunk rooms that hold up to 10 people per room with each having a bathroom with a toilet, sink and showers. There is a kitchen included and we have STARLINK WIFI.
Apart from that, if you'd like to camp in our glamping tent (with mattress and max 2 people) or pitch a hammock feel free to do so on our 5 acre mango farm.
You can also bring your own tent and set it up.
The kitchen is fully furnished with all that you will need to prepare a meal. One vegetarian lunch is provided each day Monday - Friday!
What else ...
On the weekend the following is available and near us:
•Natural pools at Echo Park
•African Auto Safari Chapin
•Monterrico beach (to get there you'll take a boat through the Mangroves)
•Los Chorros (small ) waterfall
•Las Niagaras waterfall trek
For more information please read our Google reviews. Ask us for the links.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
We have a dog at the facility who is great with other dogs.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (7)
David and Catherine are such sweet, involved hosts making the effort to spend time with the workawayers and to create a community with events like games by the fire pit, Taco Tuesdays...
The work schedule is well-organized and clear, and there’s always help available. Most of the time it was physical… read more
Working under David and Catherine was great.
We worked around the ministry’s property creating david’s vision for the future of the place and it was a lot of fun. While I was there we had 10+ different Workaway ‘ers from all over the world and what a pleasure it was to chat to everyone (in English primarily)… read more
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David and Catherine are such sweet, involved hosts making the effort to spend time with the workawayers and to create a community with events like games by the fire pit, Taco Tuesdays...
The work schedule is well-organized and clear, and there’s always help available. Most of the time it was physical… read more
Working under David and Catherine was great.
We worked around the ministry’s property creating david’s vision for the future of the place and it was a lot of fun. While I was there we had 10+ different Workaway ‘ers from all over the world and what a pleasure it was to chat to everyone (in English primarily)… read more
The work was from 9am - 3pm with a lunch break from 12-1pm. We always worked in teams on different projects like compost, building a chicken coop, painting, cleaning and a few… read more
The projects are… read more
