http://computersforguatemala.com Donating computers for the education of Mayan children Tue, 04 May 2010 21:21:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=769 Some of the schools in Huehuetenango that had received our computers had expressed interest in coming to our park in Ixtahuacan to play soccer, to expres their thanks for getting computers. So we invited these schools for a day of soccer games, with a cultural night of traditional ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=680 FIRST CONTAINER parrochial school; Barillas, Huehuetenango: ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=651 Container packed and ready to leave for Guatemala, June 24, 2009. We have been blessed to find Otto Padilla, a Guatemalan with extensive IT experience, to take over as Manager. He fixes and packs the computers, discards what can't be used in Guatemala, and keeps everything moving smoothly. Car donated by ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=441 This high school asked us to be the benefactor of their graduation and give the graduation speech, because we had just donated computers to their school. I wrote a speech which Rafael read, about a "Nueva Vista," the name of our recreation park. One goes to our park, ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=214 In early October, with only an hour's notice, our container arrived at a warehouse in Chimaltenango, but Child Aid staff John Van Keppel and Kristen Anderson managed to have students ready to unload the container. In the container were 165 computer systems, 6 laptops, Internet hardware, keyboard, TV, ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=192 On the first day Eulalia and I had a breakfast meeting with Juan Forester, a Rotarian, to discuss his plans to import our next container. Over the next three weeks we visited almost every organization that had requested computers, except for the three Peace Corps sites, because there were ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=172 Marek Rygielski is the President of Super Express USA, Polish American Daily. Marek has been helping from the first day: donating computers, fixing computers, providing office furniture, and digital cameras, and giving advice on web design and grant proposals. He is consulting with HEALTHECHILD to assist them ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=54 Click here for Quaker scholarship program web site. 24 students in a Quaker non-sectarian scholarship/loan program received computers, monitors, and printers in 2007, almost all of them Maya, and bilingual in Spanish and one of 23 Mayan languages. Miguel Angel Costop, Director of the Quaker program, said in an email ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=50 We learned today that CARITAS (Catholic Charities) in Guatemala will clear our containers through customs in Guatemala, which other wise is fraught with bribes. Meditterean Shipping Lines will bring the containers to the CARITAS warehouse of Guatemala City where the various schools will come to pick up their computers. ... http://computersforguatemala.com/?p=48