2008 Trip

2009 Trip to Ak' Tenamit

In 2008, 35 people from 10 clubs went to Guatemala for a week to work at Ak' Tenamit. Ak' Tenamit is a grass-roots organization that promotes long-term solutions to poverty in the indigenous community in eastern Guatemala. The Rotarians from District 6440 upgraded the living conditions of the children by building bunk beds to replace the hammocks they were using. They covered all the openings in the dormitories with nets to protect against vampire bats that were continuously attacking the children at night and painted and decorated the guest dining room that provides training facilities and income to the school. In addition, they checked the children's health conditions and created base data to start monitoring their growth and improve their diets and health support services.