Are you a teacher or educator looking to broaden your horizons, experience a new culture and education system, and use your skills to create change?  If so, then join us this summer for the learning experience of a lifetime!   This summer, Limitless Horizons Ixil will host an 8-day or 2-week service-learning trip focused on… Read more

Travel to Guatemala this summer for service, education, and adventure with Limitless Horizons Ixil! University credit available! When: July 30 – August 6 (6 credits available); or July 30 – August 12 (12 credits available) Where: Chajul, Guatemala Next summer, LHI will host an 8-day or 2-week service-learning trip focused on education in the indigenous community of Chajul, Guatemala…. Read more

The final week of our spring challenge is upon us! We’ve now raised $5,370, which puts us 2/3 of the way to achieving our $8,280 goal. Thanks to all of our generous supporters, we have already met another goal  – we earned a permanent spot on GlobalGiving, an international fundraising website! We are so grateful for all of your support…. Read more

  LHI's Saber Sin Límites (Limitless Knowledge) library is kicking off the spring as it should be – by growing faster than ever! But we truly need your help keep the momentum going.   LHI has been given an incredible opportunity to secure funding for Saber Sin Límites, Chajul's first ever community library, through the international fundraising website GlobalGiving…. Read more

Over the last year, we have achieved accomplishments our founders, Katie Morrow and Pedro Caba Asicona, once only dreamed of. Having begun with fewer than ten scholarship students in 2004, we now support 85 middle and high school youth in the indigenous community of Chajul. Thanks to their tenacity and dedication — coupled with LHI’s support and… Read more

“Learning from the Elections,” by Mary Ann Skender, LHI Volunteer I arrived in August to volunteer with Limitless Horizons Ixil (LHI) – my first visit to the Ixil region. Expecting to focus on educational opportunities in the classroom, I learned the most where I least expected it — the election. The climate as the September 11… Read more

Since opening Saber Sin Límites in February 2010, it would be an understatement to say that Chajul’s first public library has been wildly popular.  With 507 members, demand had far surpassed the capacity of our one-room library, whose membership has grown by almost 40% in the last five months alone. With so many hungry minds… Read more

Travel to Guatemala this summer for service, education, and adventure with Limitless Horizons Ixil! University credit available! This summer, LHI will host a 2-week service-learning trip focused on education in the indigenous community of Chajul, Guatemala. This is a unique opportunity to observe classrooms, dialogue with teachers and school directors, and learn first-hand about educational… Read more

by Jake Matlak, International Coordinator As the rainy season in Guatemala inches closer day by day, one can feel the changes in the air. Days are hot and humid, and at night, lightning in the distance highlights the magnificent silhouettes of the surrounding mountains. The slow rumbling in the skies forebodes something powerful. As farmers… Read more

High school students from Catlin Gabel and Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, OR visited Chajul and helped launch the grand opening of LHI’s Public Library!  The group assisted with crucial work, and connected with the entire community. Check out great photos and wonderful testimonies on their trip blog.