Why do you support Limitless Horizons Ixil?
Empowering the community of Chajul to become champions of gender equality
Limitless Horizons Ixil is transforming the lives of Chajul’s women by investing in the area’s most promising youth—girls and boys alike. Men are critical players in achieving gender equality, and while our programs are targeted to girls, it’s why we include boys. They grow up to become husbands, fathers, and colleagues who advocate for the […]
Limitless Horizons Ixil Awarded the 2021 UNESCO Literacy Prize
We are thrilled to share that Limitless Horizons Ixil won the 2021 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) King Sejong Literacy Prize for our program, “Broadcasting Bilingual Stories: Promoting Interactive Literacy Programming in Rural Guatemala.” Limitless Horizons Ixil was one of six laureates hailing from Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico, and South Africa […]
Stopping and growing, in Guatemala
Written by Tim Tendick You see them out the window, as your bus rolls on through a thick afternoon. Hours behind you and hours still to go before you reach your destination, the town on your ticket whose name you already knew. But before you get to that known There, you pass through the […]
A Year None of Us Could Have Predicted: Planting Seeds & Cultivating Hope in the Ixil Region
Catriona Spaven-Donn spent most of the first year of the pandemic living and working in the Ixil Region of Guatemala as Limitless Horizons Ixil’s International Coordinator. Here she shares her reflections, one year later. We were sitting under the terracotta tiled roof of the Limitless Horizons Ixil office, anxiously eating black beans and […]
Baltazar’s Journey: from the mountain valleys of Chajul to a university scholarship in the USA
Baltazar Anay Raymundo became a Limitless Horizons Ixil scholar in 2008, when he entered middle school. He is the oldest of eight children, two of whom have also been supported through middle and high school as Limitless Horizons Ixil scholars. Baltazar has always been a passionate advocate for indigenous rights, citing Bolivia’s […]
“My Daughters and Sons are My Greatest Joy”: A Chajul Father’s Perspective on Father’s Day
Meet The Team: Olga Manuela Caba Laynez
Our women-led team is made up of inspiring individuals. This year, we invite you to get to know more about our Chajul-based team through monthly posts! Our librarian and Youth Development Program graduate, Olga, has worked to inspire a culture of literacy for Ixil youth since she was in high school. Despite her parents […]
Big Dreams for My Daughters: A Chajul Mother’s Story
This Mother’s Day, the Limitless Horizons Ixil team is celebrating Chajul’s mothers. We are taking the opportunity to tell you about one LHI mother, Ana Caba Sánchez, including the challenges and successes she has had, growing up during Guatemala’s 36-year armed conflict and raising seven children. Ana expertly slaps corn dough into flat round discs […]
Meet The Team: Manuela Cecilia Xinic Bop
Our women-led team is made up of inspiring individuals. This year, we invite you to get to know more about our Chajul-based team through monthly posts! Perhaps you saw our International Women’s Day post on social media showcasing our Artisan and Technology Coordinator, Cecilia Xinic. As the first woman in Chajul to graduate with […]