Author: Sarah Pryor

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  Play Ball!

  La Providencia is home to the newest sports court in the area! This multi-purpose court, built for basketball, soccer and volleyball, sits on a high point of the community’s property. […]

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  EMPOWERING ERWIN

  Erwin is energetic and kind — and he works hard, too. The young man lives at Casa de Esperanza as part of the Patzan-Cotzojay family, where he receives all the […]

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  EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION

  The  brightly decorated classrooms are divided into arts and reading areas. Teachers sit with students in small groups, helping them sound out words and read books on their own — […]

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  31 new shining lights.

  There’s a dusty road in rural Kenya, situated between mountains and hills in a western valley. The road unfolds through green fields, leading to a pair of white gates painted […]

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  JELBIN’S BRIGHT FUTURE

  Changing the plan is a part of being young. Actually, it’s a part of the whole of life — but it’s especially prevalent in the crossroads we often meet as […]

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  GOOD COFFEE, GOOD WORK: SQUARE ONE

  Jessica “Jess” Steffy has tasted the best coffee in the world — literally. She’s co-owned Square One Coffee roasters with her husband, Josh, since 2007 and broke into the specialty […]

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  LET THE LIGHT SHINE IN

  Sustainability comes in many forms.  Sometimes, it comes through profits from  in-country businesses: think Guatemala’s plantain farm or Honduras’ coffee farm. Other times, sustainability beams down directly from above. Horizon’s team in Zacapa, […]