Meet our Managing Director, Verónica Yat Tiu, when she visits Santa Cruz on Monday, May 12th, 7:00pm-8:30pm at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 In celebration of ten years of Limitless Horizon Ixil's progress in Chajul,...
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Press Release: Maya Leader to Speak at Event in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA, Wednesday, April 23, 2014: On Monday, May 12th (7–8:30PM) at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, Limitless Horizons Ixil’s (LHI) Managing Director, Verónica Yat Tiu, is making her first visit to the US from Chajul, Guatemala, in celebration of 10...
Notes from the Horizon: A warm greeting from our new scholars
Expanding Workshops for LHI Youth! A key part of our work at Limitless Horizons Ixil is to support our scholars' well-being and personal development, in addition to their academic success. Workshops are one of the important ways that we cultivate leadership...
Voices from Chajul: From a proud director
Today, I Am a Proud Director by Katie Morrow, Executive Director & Co-Founder January 31, 2014: On this cold, gray day in Chajul, I am a proud director and it feels like anything is possible. We surpassed our 2013 fundraising goals and we just hired two of...
Happy Holidays!
This holiday season, we're reflecting with deep gratitude on the success of our programs and the impact you've helped us to make on the lives of the youth and children we serve, as well as their families. Here are just a few of the successes we'd like to celebrate...
A Letter from Executive Director Katie Morrow
When I started coming to Chajul in 2003, there was no public library. Nothing of the sort! I saw kids trying to do homework on dirt floors in dark homes. I didn't see kids reading anything besides the few books they had at school--and each one of those books had to be...
Notes from the Horizon: Happy fall from our little readers!
An Interview with a Graduating Scholar: In Eduardo Rey's 6 years in the Youth Development Program, he's shown great commitment to his education. Now, he is showing commitment to his community as he helps us with vacation activities for the children in the...
Voices from Chajul: Longtime sponsor meets her student
"Gracious in Spirit & Love": The day we met Cecilia By Jan Musen, Discover & Serve trip participant and LHI sponsor A framed photograph of my husband and me hung on the wall as we entered Cecilia's two-room home. On the right wall were paper cutouts of...
Notes from the Horizon: Cultural Story Hour & more
Cultural Story Hour: Learning Local Lore from Chajul Elders Every week, in the Saber Sin Límites Community Library, the librarians read books to the children during Story Hour. The books are usually in Spanish, though the librarians also translate into Ixil as...