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TRIP PREPARATION
This page includes general good-to-know information to help your prepare for your Partners in Service trip. Right now, you'll find a personal checklist of things to bring, as well as a note on the languages spoken in Guatemala.
Check back here to find resources we'll be adding soon , such as maps and currency converters.
Personal Checklist
- Passport
- Special medications
- Copies of prescriptions (translated to Spanish with generic name of medications)
- Spare lenses, if you wear eyeglasses
- Water bottle
- $200.00 travelers checks
- $75.00 cash
- Work clothes (t-shirt/long pants/heavy boots/leather gloves/sweat shirt)
- Long underwear & warm socks - it can get cold!
- Simple clothes for travel (do not wear gold or show your wealth)
- Bandana
- Toiletries (towel, wash cloth, toothbrush, comb, razor, roll of toilet tissue, soap)
- Premoistened wipes (baby wipes) packed in lock-top plastic bags.
- Notebook with pen
- Large-brim hat
- Camera and film
- Sunscreen and sunglasses
- Anti-infection ointment
- Bathing suit
- Sleeping bag and pad for groups staying in the community
It is always a good idea to carry medications, copies of prescriptions, a small travel kit with essentials and a light change of clothing in your carry-on bag. Although it is very rare, bags have been lost by airlines before.
Each participant is limited to one check-in bag and one carry-on bag.
Note on Language
While Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, the indigenous people we'll be working with speak one of two Mayan languages as their native tongue. Villages to the east of Xela speak Quiche, while villages to the west speak Mam. All PS team leaders are completely fluent in Spanish with some understanding of Mayan languages. Though Mayan people often speak Spanish to varying degrees, in some villages their working knowledge of Spanish is poor. To be most effective, PS sometimes employs the assistance of translators.
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