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Gratitude Flows Both Ways
By Sylvia King, Common Hope Sponsor
Article featured in the Contra Costa Times

This was my second visit to the land of outrageously beautiful colors, kind people, and striking volcanoes. However, this time I came to Guatemala not as a tourist, but as a "madrina." More...

San Rafael Update
Rocio Gonzalez, satellite coordinator, has begun to see a change over the course of her visits to the community of San Rafael. “They listen to us. I see the difference since we started school: the attendance is good and they are more confident about our presence there.” The thanks is due in large part to the regular visits Rocio and other Common Hope staff are making to the community – like the visits she relates in the following story.

Rocio wanted to learn what life was like on a Saturday in San Rafael, so one weekend she and several others went to find out. More

Reflections on Volunteer Life


Caroline McGee “Seño Carolina, ¿Cuándo viene la próxima Brigada?” These are the words that crowds of tiny, excited children bellow at me whenever I go out to New Hope...	Viola Pumpure Almost two years ago I got to know the work of Common Hope. I am from Latvia and, I have to say, there were so many...	Britt Cecconi His bushy, graying beard masked the broad grin that graced his gentle face. Opening the rusting corrugated tin door, he welcomed us...

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