Last year some of the women from Ajkem’a Loy’a were trained in naturally dyeing cotton threads for their weaving. With a stove setup in the outside patio of the students’

A 30-minute boat ride to Panajachel and an hour car ride (or 4-hour multiple transfer bus ride on public transportation as some from our group experienced) got us to Chichicastenango

Dancing is central to latin culture and is already playing a big role in our time in Guatemala. On the first day the women of Ajkem’a Loy’a performed their typical