IU Kokomo Students Visit Guatemala

 

During spring break ten IU Kokomo students traveled to Guatemala as a practicum for the course Hispanic Culture and Healthcare, team taught by Dr. Linda Wallace, JR Pico, and Christine Taff.  The group traveled with Indianapolis based Ambassadors for Children and spent a week in the city of Antigua.  During the day the group traveled to small towns and villages in the departments of Secatepeque and Esquintla helping local organizations with projects.  They spent one day in the community of San Miguel Dueñas (about 10 miles outside of Anitgua) working at a library project that offers children after school enrichment opportunities.  The students prepared games, activities and crafts around the theme of the five senses.  The group also traveled to the department of Esquintla where they did lice treatments on approximately eight hundred children in rural villages.  During their free time the students had the opportunity to learn about Guatemala and its culture and traditions.  They saw large street processions as the people of Antigua prepared for Easter, climbed an active volcano, learned to make tortillas at a rural farm, and got to practice speaking Spanish.  It was a wonderful learning experience for IU Kokomo students and faculty alike.

 

To see highlights of their trip, Click Here.