The Mayan Health and Education Project is an independent project initiated in 2001 by Dr. Ellen Coburn, a family physician practicing in Vancouver, Canada. The project supports medical aid trips to Guatemala and operation of a junior high school in Huixoc, a Mayan village in the mountain highlands near the Mexican border. The project is funded entirely by tax-deductible donations, and by contributions of equipment, supplies and services.
Building a school for Huixoc …
Registering students in the new school
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Huixoc, Guatemala
Teacher training at the Talita Kumi Institute
Ellen using the new computers at the School
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Two eager students at our new school
More photographs of Huixoc and the School are available here
Update
We have made significant progress in the last year.
Our first class of 22 students has graduated from the junior high school.
A short description of this work with photos is available here
Newsletters
The latest newsletter is available here which shows the second class to enroll in the local junior high school located in the western highlands of Guatemala.
The previous newsletter is also available here which chronicles the opening of the new school.
Video
Please take a look at the new video describing our work with the Mayan people of Huixoc.
The video is about 9 minutes and 30 seconds in duration.
A large format version (66MB) is here
and a smaller version (26MB) is here .
Both videos are encoded in Apple Quicktime
Getting in Contact
There are many ways to get involved. For more info, see our contact page .
MP4 format.
A free plugin for Quicktime is available here .
Enjoy!