Guatemala with Greater Calling/Children’s Hope Chest - June 2025
You have an incredible life-changing opportunity to take part in a Movement vision trip in partnership with Greater Calling.
What you’ll do:
- Climb a volcano
- Learn about Guatemalan culture
- Build relationships with children, youth, and adults
- Share your specific skills and talents with community members
- Tell your story of overcoming life’s challenges
- Home visits in the community
- Create a ‘fun’ day for the community and have the community create a ‘fun’ day for your team
- Be inspired by stories of hope and transformation
About the ministry:
Guatemala is located in Central America and is slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. The country has long been the hub of Mayan civilization with half its population being direct descendants of the Maya. Due to unequal distribution of wealth and rapid population growth within the nation, Guatemala has one of the highest poverty rates in Latin America. Many families struggle to provide for their basic needs and cannot afford school expenses. A terrible civil war from 1960 to 1996 left many children orphaned and abandoned. More recently, the causes have been high rates of substance abuse, neglect, abandonment, and teenage pregnancies.
50% of children are malnurished, 400,000 are orphaned, and 53% of the population lives below poverty line. Hope Chest Community to Community
https://greatercalling.com/about-us/
*The cost is $2400 which includes flight cost. This covers all travel, lodging, meals and ministry expense.
**Family members 13+ are welcome to join.
***Movement employees will receive a $500 grant. The grant is not available for family members. If this is your first vision trip with Movement you may be eligible for 2 days of PTO. There is also an opportunity to apply for additional scholarship.
Trip Led by Danae Diller, Movement Foundation Program Director
5 going
15 spots left
Financial
$2,300.00
| $500.00 | Movement Mission Grant- applied once flights are booked | |
| $800.00 | Deposit to book flights Due 3/1/2025 | |
| $1,000.00 | Remaining Balance Due 6/23/2025 |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Passport- All team members will need to have a valid passport to travel to Guatemala. If an individual’s passport expires within SIX months of the return date, then he/she needs to plan to renew the passport. Passport information can be found on the US Department of State’s website (https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports.html)
Restrictions
- You must be a Movement employee or family member of an employee in order to be eligible for this opportunity.
Preparation
- It is important that you plan to make a visit with your local physician for guidance on medications and vaccinations in relation to your personal health.
- We recommend reviewing the Center for Disease Control's requirements/recommendations for travelers, which can be found in detail at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/el-salvador
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