By guest contributor Luisa Paulino In this month’s blog post Luisa, a recent visitor to Cajolá, describes her experience: Our trip to Guatemala was a wonderful mixture of awe-inspiring volcanoes, zigzagging mountainous roads, alluring sunsets, and stunning views. All of these filled our hearts  with reverence for nature. Towards the end of our trip, we were blessed to have the opportunity to visit Grupo Cajolá. It was a heartwarming and inspiring experience to see the commitm

“Telas de Solidaridad” was a group exhibition organized by Grupo Cajolá and Gallery Bergen featuring five Guatemalan artists. Their work explores identity, migration, ancestral memory, and the shared pursuit of dignity and opportunity. The exhibition opened at the beautiful Gallery Bergen in the Bergen County Community College, Paramus, New Jersey on Thursday, December 11, 2025. It is open through February 5, 2025. www.gallery.bergen.edu One of the participating artist  Melid

Grupo Cajolá: Empowering Communities Through Education, Culture, and Sustainability by guest contributor Endrit Kelmendi The Mam (Maya) cosmovision, deeply rooted in the worldview of Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples, presents nature, humanity, and the cosmos as an inseparable whole. This understanding—documented through the teachings of the Maya and reaffirmed in the Mam language—recognizes that the universe, the earth, and human beings share a single origin and energy. Everyth

For many indigenous communities in the western highlands of Guatemala, immigration is seen as the only means of surviving in the wake of...

Melida Rodas Melida Rodas remembers as a child when she said goodbye to the greenery and volcano of her home in Guatemala and exchanged...

Muralist Marlon Davila recently visited Cajola and with widespread interest from the community, painted a mural in the city center. ...