Welcome to San Marcos La Laguna's open source website, where many projects are working towards the same goal: helping our eclectic community to heal, regenerate and thrive!
Born in response to the Coronavirus' COVID-19 Pandemic, the Open Institute began hosting this site for free, to support and collaborate with the municipal government, the town's health center, local NGO's, the business sector, and countless individuals.
Currently the site's most urgent task is securing the health and food supply of the town's inhabitants during the pandemic and you will find links to the various groups involved on the right hand menu. The two buttons with the COMRED logo are the town's collective food security and health efforts, and the rest are other projects also making excellent contributions to these efforts. Check them out!
You can donate either on the Open Institute's pages with PayPal or credit card, or you can click through to each organisation's own website. Many thanks for your support, which helps the health and nutrition of the 815 Kakchikel families in San Marcos La Laguna.
Looking beyond the current crisis, we are developing this site as a unique platform and toolbox to further the town's development, regeneration and resilience, with the help of the Open Institute team.
Thank you for for your time, energy and solidarity - onward and upward together!
A bit anxious and nervous to see who was going to show up, but very happy nonetheless. This was the feeling that came, as we took the first step, into what we perceive as a dream being manifested.
A bit anxious and nervous to see who was going to show up, but very happy nonetheless. This was the feeling that came, as we took the first step, into what we perceive as a dream being manifested.
Could you imagine the frustration that comes with walking out off your front door and finding a dead dog, when the rest of the week you hustle to protect them?
Well that happened to me and other people several years ago, when the local municipality killed hundreds of them, and pile them up in the main street, becoming the first dog holocaust of Lake Atitlan. I hope this time, history does not repeat again.
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amazing support for the Little Songbirds Music School in San Marcos I have been blessed with an incredible space to teach and with wonderful people to help Soo looking what thing may come and grow here
Our audio production team needs a midi keyboard for music production to be used in promotional videos and artist recordings.
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Our audio production team needs a studio quality monitor for the production of visuals and graphics that will be used in the promotional videos.
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Our Circus Media collective vegetable kitchen team require a stove to be used for the purpose of sustaining a correct, balanced and vegetarian diet to the creator community.
Meet Pazul Adri
She is a local woman living in San Marcos La Laguna who is providing for her family through the creation of artisan quilts. When supporting her with your purchase, you are supporting a woman entrepreneur and the sustainability of using recycled materials.
The quilt is made of recycled fabric from traditional cortes worn as skirts by Guatemalan women. They are made by loom into fabrics known as Jaspe, which is a traditon that dates back many centuries.
Most women keep their cortes as their traditional traje (clothing) most of their lives, yet with all clothing, overtime they become worn and tattered. Pazul is using the tattered worn fabrics to create new blankets that provide beauty, warmth and tradition.
Consider helping her build her buisness by purchasing a one of a kind quilt. Please feel free to reach out with any questions and to make the purchase.https://www.facebook.com/sandra.puzullopez
Dimensions 187 L x 123W
Price 900q
Con la ayuda de esta maquina, pondremos a prueba la limpieza de la calle principal de San Marcos La Laguna.
The dogs are getting fed but now they need to be identified, because of control reassons. For that matter, collars will be needed in order to know which dogs are being fed on a daily basis and eventually take them to a more competente veterinarian for further evaluations.
We are happy to announce the successful Dognation that is now feeding 10 dogs on a regular basis. This is just the start...
In a rare event we have tracked down the owner of the wallet by searching Instagrm. Wallet inluding a passport card and several credit cards!
The wallet was found near the soccer fields in the grass. Thank you Rodolfo for reporting it.