Blog - Project Apoyo

Meet Adolfo: An Entrepreneur With a Sweet Dream

2020 Year In Review

January 15, 2021

Kimberly Xunux – A 3 Month Update With An Entrepreneur

November 25, 2020

Meet Kimberly: Entrepreneurial Grant Recipient

August 15, 2020

Summer Student Update During Covid-19

Food is Love: Project Apoyo Coronavirus Relief

What the Coronavirus Means for Students and Teachers in Guatemala

Meet Juan Carlos, the Family Man

February 3, 2020

Meet Geovanni, Head Baker

January 7, 2020

If you want to get something delicious from @bread

If you want to get something delicious from @breadbrosgt, you better get there early and be prepared to wait in line!
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We’re so proud of Jose and Andrés who not only are weathering the pandemic, they’re taking on new restaurant clients in Antigua and San Lucas and planning a second location soon. It was actually hard to catch up with them because they had so many customers consistently coming into the shop. These guys are crushing it, and we couldn’t be more proud to have them carry the torch as our first small business grant recipients. #vamos

We can’t get over how surreal it is to see kiddo

We can’t get over how surreal it is to see kiddos back at school. Huge tip o’ the cap to the perseverance of the @eftcfoundation staff as they are one of the only schools in the entire country to get re-opened status.
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Currently, students are broken up into sections and get to attend physical class once a week while still getting virtual schooling the rest of the week. The impact of having this safe space to come learn and interact with friends and teachers cannot be understated. This is why we have so much confidence sponsoring here. And our hearts are full getting to see it in person!

Don’t you just love when things *click into plac

Don’t you just love when things *click into place*? Here’s a sneak peek at our latest small business grant recipient, a pilot project that combines our passions of education + employment.
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We pray that it transforms a community when access to educational resources are needed more than ever. #Vamos

Hip hip hooray, school’s back open today! 🎉 .

Hip hip hooray, school’s back open today! 🎉
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This is Darling, a 2nd grader at the School of Hope. And this smile and wave are even cuter and more joyful than normal as today is a very BIG day. Today, the School of Hope is officially OPEN for physical classes after over a year of distance learning! This means that elementary and middle school students can resume a bit of much-needed normalcy with in-person classes and time with their beloved friends. We are so grateful for our partners at the @eftcfoundation who tirelessly worked to apply to become one of the first schools in Guatemala to be granted re-open status.
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We are even more grateful for all the hard work the staff put in to ensure that ALL students were continually given a quality education from a distance as well as ongoing nutritional support during the time the school was closed due to the pandemic. This was no small feat and was certainly a rarity throughout Guatemala.

Thanks to YOU, Book-A-Palooza 2021 has been…BOOK

Thanks to YOU, Book-A-Palooza 2021 has been…BOOKED! 🎸📚⚡️🎺
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We’re still tallying up donations from private donors, but we’ll easily be over 500 books to build the first ever library at La Escuela de Manzanillo.
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In a couple of weeks, we’ll head down to Guate to deliver them and train teachers on how to best use this new library. Hooray for generosity. Hooray for literacy. Hooray for you. We are grateful.

Because of generous folks like YOU, there are just

Because of generous folks like YOU, there are just seventeen (17‼) books left on our Amazon wish list. With books as low as $6.99, every little bit helps toward building the first-ever library at La Escuela de Manzanillo.
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Let's knock this thing out before Ty's birthday on Thursday. Head to our bio link and click Book-A-Palooza. Vamos!

We’re celebrating big time this weekend for two

We’re celebrating big time this weekend for two reasons. 1. It’s our Director of Education’s (@alielaine) birthday 🎉 And 2. You’ve already been boogying your way through Book-A-Palooza 2021 and we’re just 51 books shy of our goal of 320 books to build the first ever library at La Escuela del Manzanillo. We hope you’ll join us this weekend in hitting our goal long before @ty.new ‘s birthday. Y’all are incredible and we are so grateful. Hit our bio link to purchase books. VAMOS!

"I want my store to be characterized by innovation

"I want my store to be characterized by innovation and focusing on my customers’ experience. To create good moments by sharing my love of ice cream with them."
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We've never met someone who didn't love ice cream, but you've probably never met someone who loves it as much as Adolfo. The only equal is his passion for his work and his customers. Get to know the entrepreneur behind our 3rd business launched in collaboration with the @eftcfoundation. Click our bio link + BLOG.