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Fuego Aftermath
The aftermath of the June 3rd eruption of Volcan de Fuego, just kilometres from our headquarters in Antigua, Guatemala, has been bewildering and painful for all of those affected, including those of us at SERES. The government has now ended the official search for victims of the disaster, though the eruption’s legacy [...]
Laying the Foundations for a Bright Year for SERES
Thirty-one participants from across Guatemala and El Salvador recently took part in SERES’s 2018 Annual General Assembly, which ran between the 23rd and the 25th of March. A key event in the SERES calendar, the Assembly took place in the lush, green surroundings of San Rafael Las Hortensias, a training center located [...]
Tell Me How It Ends: The Questions Behind the Central American Diaspora
“Hempstead is a s***hole full of pandilleros [gang members], just like Tegucigalpa,” says teenager Manu, in what is one of the most striking statements recorded in Mexican author Valeria Luiselli’s book, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions. Manu fled his hometown in Tegucigalpa, Honduras when months of gang harassment [...]
SERES Youth Leaders Participate in International ESD Conference in Brazil
Ambassadors and facilitators from the SERES team joined youth from all over Latin America and the Caribbean for UNESCO’s World Action for ESD program in Brazil by Glenda Xulú and Susana Ruiz From Sept 26 - 28, 10 youth ambassadors and facilitators from the SOMOS SERES network from Guatemala and El Salvador participated [...]
Postcard #1 from Australia
Abigail Quic, SERES facilitator and program coordinator, writes about her first month working with OzGreen and sharing the methodology and vision of SERES in Australia At the beach! Greetings from Australia, this is my first month living on the big island. I just arrived when winter is relieved by the beautiful [...]
Building a Network of Leaders: An Ambassador’s Perspective
Axel Salanic is a local ambassador from Cantel, Guatemala, and is a youth representative on the executive board of Asociación SERES. This is his reflection after participating in the second of three annual national ambassador reunions. Read more of Axel’s thoughts on the importance of building and strengthening an inter-community network of ambassadors [...]
