Mir Pace International

Our team has just arrived at the Biltmore Hotel in Guatemala City. We are tired from the long trip from Tamahú, but we´re having a lot of fun shopping in the hotel for souvenirs for ourselves, families and friends, as well as hanging out by the pool with everyone. A part of the trip has not been discussed on this blog. It was a very big important part that definitely should be shared. One part of the trip that everyone participated was going to see the newly opened malnutrition center in Tamahú. It was opened the week before we arrived and it offers a great help and hope for the families and children it attends for. The malnutrition center is a hugely important aspect to Tamahú because it is a center for young children who are very poor in health due to the bad nutrition and insufficient balanced diet. We met five children there. One was named Marvin and is an adorable little toddler but sadly has a horrible case of worms. He was by far the friendliest and always has a smile on his face. Another was a small baby who was both blind and deaf and had scabies all over his face. Claudia and Mira were two small babies who were severely premature due to the malnurishment. Norman was a little boy we met with his mother during our visit was is severely disabled neurologically. It was a sad sight to see, but we were all able to take out of it many happy memories.

Nicole