Grupo Cajolá opened their Jaxnaq’tzb’il Xnaq’tzb’il Kynab’il Qchman (Wisdom of our Elders Preschool) in 2012 to provide a preschool learning experience to children while their mothers worked. The members of Grupo Cajolá in Cajolá wanted the preschool to be based on their Maya Mam language, culture, and spirituality. After considering several approaches to preschool education including Montessori and Waldorf. Grupo Cajolá selected Reggio Emilia, an Italian-rooted educational p

For many indigenous communities in the western highlands of Guatemala, immigration is seen as the only means of surviving in the wake of economic contraction and growing societal violence. As a result, area youth grow up without close family members, newly built houses stand empty, few institutions exist to facilitate a future at home and leaving seems inevitable. In this context, state-run entities and non-governmental organizations alike have identified inadequate access