Chujulimul: Village In Action
I think it has potential to be a model village.
- Massimo Pigoni, Guatemalan businessman coordinating projects in Chujulimul
Chujulimul is a small village in the clouds at 9000 feet, with 1500 people who genuinely cooperate to improve their community. For Massimo Pigoni, silversmith and businessman from Panajachel, that's a rarity, and so he volunteers his time to coordinate and fundraise for their development projects. See his vision here:
Conexions donated water pipes to connect a spring to the village, and the village dug the 2.5 km, 1-metre-deep trench down the mountain, in just a few days.
With partnership money from the municipality and Conexions, and volunteer labour from the parents, Chujulimul is completing the second story of their new junior high school, enabling their children to attend past sixth grade.
Massimo with Don Pablo, community leader in Chujulimul.
WHere?
Chujulimul
is at a higher altitude than Whistler Village in Canada. This area is called the "Altiplano", or "High Plains."