Clean, recycle and... Let's swim!

A sunny day to enjoy the beauty of the lake Atitlàn, while cleaning trash and learn how important is to take care of nature and recycling. Sometimes playing and learning are the same thing!

Franklin, our much estimated long time volunteer from Guatemala, took the initiative for our Saturday activity and presented an interesting, exciting program for our kids of all ages. After a bumpy ride in our pickup and a short walk in the selva that winds trough the "cafetales" and giant plants on the finca road of San Pedro La Laguna, we reached a laid back small beach. The kids gathered around Franklin, who explained in simple, understandable words why environmental conciessness is so important today.

Did you know why we separate different trash, and why recycle?
What can we do to reuse rubbish and which are the things we need to throw away?

We brought a trash bag and a pair of gloves for everyone. The kids started looking immediately for traces of rubbish, under a shining morning sun.

How many years does it take for a plastic bottle or bag to decompose?
It’ almost unbelievable how long and difficult it is for the Earth to eliminate traces of garbage.

Here  a little list of decomposing timing for different type of trash:

A plastic bag - 500 years
A glass bottle - 100 years
A pair of tights - 70 years
An aluminum can - 50 years
A polystyrene container - 50 years
Chewing-gum  - 30 years
A cigarette filter - 10 years
A paper towel - 3 months
A newspaper - 1 month
A banana peel  - 1 month

“Lake Atitlàn is like a human being, an old and beautiful abuelito living here for many centuries. We need to take care of it, preserve it, make it possible that one day our children will be able to enjoy it too”, says Pablo, one of the youngest participants, while collecting fragments of plastics, glass and paper.

Loads of  work for children, who gave their best and made all their efforts to clean the shores of the lake.

And after the hard work, a well deserved break - everyone jumped into the water!

Nature is everything, we learnt today, and we are part of it, like a unique, giant, perfect human being.
Thank you, children of lake Atitlan! Building awareness is the first step towards a better future!

Let's make jewelery!

A funny afternoon for the children of Vision Guatemala, in spite of the arrival of the rain and cold!

Today many children of our project came to the workshop of jewelry, to realize with the supervision of Cesar y Tula a lot of  earrings mades with wire, seeds, pearls and to free up their fantasy with originals and coloured creations. 

It was a very exciting moment, we went crazy improvising craftsmen, discover and enjoy the incredible beauty hidden beyond natural seeds.

 

All the jewels are destinated to a group of children of Switzerland, which in the last month have been collecting with their activity many funds to support our project.

With this little gifts we would like to say you “Thank you!”.

We hope you will like our creations!

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Una tarde bien divertida para todos los niños de Vision Guatemala, a pesar de la lluvia y del frío!

Hoy muchos ninos de nuestro proyecto llegaron al taller de joyería para realizár bajo de la supervisión de Cesar y Tula aretes de alambre, semillas, perlitas de colores y para librar sus fantasía en creaciónes originales y coloridas.

Todos las joyas son destinadas a los ninos y las ninas de Swissa que con sus preciosos trabajos lograrón recolectar en los meses pasados muchos fundos para ayudar a nuestro proyecto.

Con esto pequeño regalo queremos decirlos "Gracias"!

Fue un momento emocionante, a nos gustó improvisarnós artesanos y disfrutár la bellezza de las semillas que la naturaleza nos ofrece.

Esperamos que les gusten también!