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More help needed for victims of earthquake in Guatemala and aid workers ask for funding.

Rally4Life advocate Mark Jennings-Bates and wife Jackie are taking a team of ten people to a rural area close to Antigua in Guatemala to provide clean burning stoves to rural homes and help complete construction of a children’s education centre

Children’s Hunger Fund distributes first-responder emergency relief aid

A Tail We Could Wag and Dog Collar Boutique are distributing hand woven Guatemalan dog collars in an effort to help improve the artisans' lives.

Children's Publisher Goops Unlimited and Guatemalan Nonprofit "Help Me Paint My Future" are partnering for the release of a children's book based on a popular Guatemalan Folktale from San Pedro la Laguna.

Summary: On Monday, April 2nd, 328 pre-Columbian Mayan cigars discovered by Tampa University scientists will be auctioned for charity on the CigarAuctioneer.com website. The cigars were laboratory tested and considered safe for human consumption.

Dubbo New South Wales, Australia, Queensland The challenges continue for the Flight4Life team and Parajet expedition pilots, Mark Jennings-Bates and Glenn Derouin.

L. Ron Hubbard is honored and recognized as a Messenger of Peace for the World by the government of Guatemala in recognition of the positive changes brought to the country by his non-religious moral guidebook, "The Way to Happiness."

Through a partnership with NamasteDirect, and the San Mateo Rotary Club, The Hillsdale Effect, has been able to provide microloans and business mentors for impoverished women. Students have visited Guatemala for a first-hand experience.

Spokane native wins Razoo’s “Guess Your Finish Time” game and raises a total of $2,035 to help improve the lives of poverty-stricken Guatemalan children

More help needed for victims of earthquake in Guatemala and aid workers ask for funding.

Rally4Life advocate Mark Jennings-Bates and wife Jackie are taking a team of ten people to a rural area close to Antigua in Guatemala to provide clean burning stoves to rural homes and help complete construction of a children’s education centre

Children’s Hunger Fund distributes first-responder emergency relief aid

Jackie Jennings-Bates, self confessed bookworm and co-founder of the Rally4Life Charitable Foundation publishes a book focusing on the challenging journey to the start of her new life as President of the Charity

A Tail We Could Wag and Dog Collar Boutique are distributing hand woven Guatemalan dog collars in an effort to help improve the artisans' lives.

Contact: Juliet Straker (602) 549-7188 juliet@marketingworxpr.com

"Exposure 2012" Photography Exhibition at Vertigo Art Space in Denver

Belize was present at this food show, with representatives from Paradise Shrimp Farm, and The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE), through the sponsorship of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Athens Podiatry Group, 20/20 Imaging, Rotary International District 6400 partners in performing 29 surgeries in 3 days

The sight of 82-year-old woman — who had been blind for seven years — was restored in a difficult surgery during a journada sponsored by the International Eye Institute at Hospitalito Atitlán, a small hospital serving 75,000 Maya in Guatemala.

The Guatemala Tourism Board, INGUAT, and the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture have announced the launch of the B’aktunes Route, a special cultural route that features archeological sites with strong evidence of the Maya Calendar’s Long Count.

Children's Publisher Goops Unlimited and Guatemalan Nonprofit "Help Me Paint My Future" are partnering for the release of a children's book based on a popular Guatemalan Folktale from San Pedro la Laguna.

Forty three Guatemalan children with cleft lips/palates are being evaluated and receiving life-changing surgeries at Hospitalito Atitlán, a a small private nonprofit hospital serving 75,000 Maya on the southern shore of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala.

Summary: On Monday, April 2nd, 328 pre-Columbian Mayan cigars discovered by Tampa University scientists will be auctioned for charity on the CigarAuctioneer.com website. The cigars were laboratory tested and considered safe for human consumption.

Dubbo New South Wales, Australia, Queensland The challenges continue for the Flight4Life team and Parajet expedition pilots, Mark Jennings-Bates and Glenn Derouin.

Central American investigations Group provides specialized investigations fugitive recovery Debt Collection, protective services and security consultancy anywhere in the world.

L. Ron Hubbard is honored and recognized as a Messenger of Peace for the World by the government of Guatemala in recognition of the positive changes brought to the country by his non-religious moral guidebook, "The Way to Happiness."

Through a partnership with NamasteDirect, and the San Mateo Rotary Club, The Hillsdale Effect, has been able to provide microloans and business mentors for impoverished women. Students have visited Guatemala for a first-hand experience.

Pop Labs Plans to Open a New Office in Guatemala to serve the Central and South American markets.

Spokane native wins Razoo’s “Guess Your Finish Time” game and raises a total of $2,035 to help improve the lives of poverty-stricken Guatemalan children

Finca Olga Maria donated 5,000 bananas to the participants of the "Sugar Race", which took place in Escuintla, Guatemala, with about 2000 runners.

One thousand bags of school supplies were donated to five rural schools near the Finca Olga Maria

Finca Olga María gestionó ante el Ministerio de Salud para que trabajadoras de la finca pudieran realizarse el examen de Papanicolau a un costo del 20 por ciento más bajo del costo real.

Mil bolsas de útiles escolares se donaron a cinco escuelas rurales cercanas a la Finca Olga María.

The donation will help promote economic development in a community plagued by illiteracy, malnutrition and poverty

Nueva Vida, a support network for Latina women with cancer, announced its partnership with Pollo Campero in a cancer awareness campaign to last the month of June.

* Los vuelos serán operados con equipo Boeing 737 de última generación

Author and Travel writer, Valerie Astill releases an insightful new book based on her unforgettable trip and adventures to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.

Dr. Craig Sacco, along with many others volunteer their time and money to improve hundreds of lives in Guatemala.

CR Telecommunication Services, a local VoIP telephony provider, introduced its TotalWorld calling card service to the Hispanic community in Passaic, New Jersey, yesterday. CR Telecomm distributed sample cards to residents to try the service.

Guatemalan Arts and Crafts Reflect the Country’s Thousand year old Heritage and Offer Amazing Variety and Affordable Prices

The Guatemala Tourism Board (INGUAT) announced today that the road from Guatemala City to Lake Atitlan remains open and accessible by tourists and locals alike.

Bird watchers, hummingbird enthusiasts, teachers, and other adults can serve as "citizen scientists" in a ground-breaking study of hummingbirds in Central America. Join Operation RubyThroat on expeditions to the Neotropics in midwinter 2011.

Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) of Central America, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recently organized the Side Event “Investment Promotion: Paving the Way Towards Poverty Eradication” in New York City.

To raise awareness for UN Millennium Development Goals 15 students will set up camp at school and live off rice, beans, an egg and a piece of bread a day. They will study by candlelight and bathe using water gathered from a drinking fountain.

The Guatemala Tourism Board will launch Oxlajuj B’aqtun 2012, a special series of events and new tourism routes that celebrate Mayan culture, as Guatemala, the Heart of the Maya World, gets ready to commemorate the dawn of a new era.

Anyone Can Help, and a Little Bit Goes a Long Way to Help 50 Young Mayans Pursue an Education and Rise from Poverty, Says Roots & Wings International

Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi are among the first eight nations that will receive funds from the U.S. government’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) Plus grant.

Access to Technology Will Bring Our Children in Poverty Closer to the World; Help Them Succeed, Say Locals

Capstone, the leading publisher of children’s books in the U.S. education market, has made a donation of nearly 10,000 Spanish books to the nonprofit organization Child Aid which will benefit thousands of children in Guatemala.

Guatemala, 04 de Marzo, 2010.- intelitec, empresa de servicios y asesoría en seguridad de redes y sistemas, anuncia la apertura de operaciones en Guatemala como Partner Elite de McAfee, fortaleciendo su posición en la región Centroamericana.

Roots and Wings International launched its 50 Great Reasons Campaign on February 8, 2010. The goal of the campaign is to fund fifty four-year scholarships for fifty Guatemalan students.

Microsoft Corporation donated $15,557 worth of computer software to emerging nonprofit. Roots and Wings International's Guatemalan computer lab students now have opportunities to experience up-to-date technology at their fingertips.

Guatemalans In The US Can Now Use The RegaloCard Service To Instantly Send Their Family Back Home the Things They Need For Free Avoiding Costly Money Transfer Fees

Roots and Wings International receives advertising grant of $120,000 per year from Google.

Roots and Wings International will hold a cocktail benefit to fund the education of indigenous Guatemalans in the Pasac community, Guatemala on December 10.

A new educational tourism business is launched in a Guatemalan village but this isn't business as usual. What makes this Mayan adventure tour operator different from traditional tour operators and why are people crowing about it?

Roots & Wings Intl has plans to complete the first technology center in rural Guatemala for the impoverished Mayan communities in the Boca Costa region. Land has been purchased with funding from TECO Energy, and an architect has begun design.

New Book Chronicles A Young Ex-Pat’s Experiences in Mexico and Central America

Volunteer workers on Real Gap's Guatemala House Building project have reason to celebrate as they complete their 250th house and the project gains government recognition for all of their hard work....