Author: Guatemala
Celebration of World Philosophy Day (Guatemala,Guatemala)
This year’s World Philosophy Day featured the theme “Philosophy in Action”. During the celebration activities we highlighted the task of the philosopher to extract the teachings from experiences and turn […]
Reading Clubs (Guatemala)
In most of the country’s Centres, we hold Reading Clubs. The process is similar: we choose a classic literary work, we read it and then on the day of the […]
Climbing the Acatenango volcano (Guatemala, Guatemala)
We conquered the summit of the Acatenango volcano! We were fifty volunteers from New Acropolis Guatemala and El Salvador. The conviviality shared during the journey, the contact with nature and […]
Concert by the National Choir of Guatemala, (Coban, Guatemala)
Christmas Concert in Cobán! As has become a tradition, we held our Christmas Concert at our Cobán central bramch, this time starring the National Choir of Guatemala, with the participation […]
Visit to the Iximché archaeological site (Guatemala, Guatemala)
Volunteers from New Acropolis Guatemala visited the archaeological site of Iximché, capital of the Kaqchikel kingdom, abandoned around 1527. During the visit we learned more about its history, architecture, sacred […]
Reforestation on World Environment Day (Guatemala, Guatemala)
We celebrated World Environment Day with a reforestation activity in the village of Potrero Grande, Palencia, Guatemala. Volunteers from New Acropolis worked together with people from the local community. In […]
St. Patrick’s Day (Guatemala, Guatemala)
We celebrated our traditional St. Patrick’s Day party. We enjoyed a delicious meal with games, some brief informative talks about the seasonal holidays, St. Patrick and the origin of the […]
Who was Marcus Aurelius? Life, work and legacy (Guatemala, Guatemala)
Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher and emperor who always relied on philosophy to guide his life and the Roman Empire. We commemorated the anniversary of his birth with a talk […]
Reforestation on Quiac Hill (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
Volunteers from the Quetzaltenango Centre of New Acropolis with the support of Proyecto Tierra Verde, carried out a reforestation day in Cerro Quiac, to commemorate World Earth Day. A total […]
Earth Day Commemoration with a “Forest Bath” (Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala)
In Coban we commemorated International Mother Earth Day with a “Forest Bath”. Members of New Acropolis visited a forest to perform breathing exercises and connect with nature, in recognition of […]
