2024 at Green Building
Green Building
Highlights
- Turn trash, old tires, plastic bottles, and glass bottles into beautiful and resilient buildings.
- Learn about the complex history of Guatemala and the rich culture of the Kaqchikel Maya people.
- Contribute to an organization practicing innovative formal and informal education.
- Immerse in a Spanish speaking environment.
- Visit top Guatemalan sites of Antigua and Lake Atitlan on the weekends!
- Turn trash, old tires, plastic bottles, and glass bottles into beautiful and resilient buildings.
- Learn about the complex history of Guatemala and the rich culture of the Kaqchikel Maya people.
- Contribute to an organization practicing innovative formal and informal education.
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About the program
Long Way Home is currently constructing a self suficient 18-building school campus using sustainable design and materials in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.
Typical day
There is no such thing as a typical day! You may be packing tires, painting, gardening, digging, or many other green building techniques! We work Monday-Friday from 7:30am- 4pm, and projects vary throughout the year.
Free-time activities
There are many hiking areas right here in Comalapa, and we offer different types of activities to do here during your free time. Tortilla making, weaving demonstrations, cooking classes, dance demonstrations are a few things available here. We also offer painting lessons with a local artist. There ...
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
We have availability throughout the year!
Requirements of Volunteers
We ask volunteers to stay 1 week minimum (we prefer from monday to sunday).
Program fees
Meet your organization
Long Way Home
Non-profit - founded in 2004
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Amanda
About the project
10 reviews · 4.8
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