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...
"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...
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...
Limitless Horizons Ixil creates opportunities for the indigenous youth, women, and families of Chajul, Guatemala to develop the academic and professional skills needed to effect change in their lives and community. Learn more about our programs, see where we work, or...
Last month, former Guatemalan president Efraín Ríos Montt was convicted of genocide against the Ixil population on the testimony of nearly 100 witnesses from Chajul and the other towns in the region. Now, the conviction has been revoked by Guatemala's highest court,...
Dear friends, Last week was a historic one in Guatemala. The courageous voices of witnesses from Chajul and other Ixil communities contributed to the conviction of former president Jose Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide committed in the Ixil region under his leadership...
BY LAURA MYERS, in THE GLOBALIST: It is a long way between the courtroom in Guatemala City where former president Efraín Ríos Montt recently stood trial for genocide and the town of Chajul, deep in the Guatemalan highlands, where many of the human rights abuses were...
BY JOEL HERSCH, GOOD TIMES: Local nonprofit works to educate and create opportunity for indigenous communities in Guatemala. In an isolated region of the Guatemala mountains called Ixil, the indigenous Maya population was devastated by a civil war between the...
Meet Lidia, Our New Librarian! We figured out pretty quick that Lidia is someone who embodies many of the things LHI values: motivation, perseverance, and a love of learning. When Lidia stepped into the room for her interview, she commanded a certain quiet confidence....
