Description:
La Hermandad Educativa is a sisterhood of two nonprofit educational collectives in Quetzaltenango and Nuevo San Jose, Guatemala. Established in 1988, the schools offer affordable, quality Spanish-language instruction to foreign visitors, and generate decent paying jobs and income to support projects that benefit the people of Guatemala.
Highlights:
The $140 (off season) or $165 (summer months) per week tuition covers four to five hours of one-on-one intensive instruction daily plus your room and board with a Guatemalan family. In addition to the daily instruction, the school offers weekly conferences, educational films and excursions to local areas of interest giving the visitor the opportunity to learn about Guatemalan culture, customs, history and the social reality of the country.
Language:
Spanish
Subject Areas:
Intensive Language
and Spanish
Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.
Cost Includes: The tuition includes one-on-one instruction, use of all of the resources within the sisterhood's two schools, a week's stay with a Guatemalan family and the ability to participate in the extracurricular activities offered by the schools.
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
Participants Travel to Guatemala
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently