Education, Employment, and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty:

The intergenerational benefits of the opportunities provided by education have broken the cycle of dependency and poverty in many areas of the world, and have a tremendous opportunity to do so in rural Guatemala. Currently a majority of people in San Juan Comalapa subsistence farm for a living, which does not supply them with all of their basic needs.

Long Way Home has dedicated itself to building a school in this town to bring education and job training to the people of this Mayan community. The education will in turn help them find employment.

San Juan Comalapa also has a garbage problem that can cause illness and disease. By using alternative construction techniques with materials that would otherwise be burned or enter the water supply, Long Way Home has created a solution for part of this dilemma. Through education, employment, and health the people of San Juan Comalapa have the power to increase the quality of life for generations to come.