Last year I spent a day working with a dedicated and awesome team of Rising Minds volunteers, helping to build a school house in a pueblo outside of San Pedtro on Lago Atitlan in Guatemala.
In this episode of the Radical Travel Podcast – How (and Why) to Volunteer Abroad, I discuss volunteering abroad and tell the story of this Rising Minds project.
The School house, framed in concrete and filled with an adobe mud and concrete mixture.
The local kids, on break from class, come to play and help fill buckets of water.
One of the “stained glass windows” we created using old beer and liquor bottles.
The indigenous mothers also came to help with the build.
Karen and I posing with one of the kids.
More posing with this cute little girl.
This little guy grabbed one of the volunteer’s sunglasses and was having a lot of fun posing and dancing, He was uhphased by his snotty nose.
Even in a dirt lot construction site, these kids were having a blast, dancing and being silly.
Head over to their website for more information about Rising Minds and volunteering in Lago Atitlan Guatemala.
Remember to check out this episode of the Radical Travel Podcast – How (and Why) to Volunteer Abroad.
