The community kitchen is currently being used for workshops on food processing and nutritional cooking. All workshops are taught by local indigenous leaders & focus on native ingredients, like amaranth. The kitchen will also be used to produce locally made artesanal products in the future.

Mayan ladies enjoying a nutritional cooking class

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In 2024, the Re:Earth grant supported CEPC Tolimán’s transformation—connecting the center to electricity for the first time, deepening native permaculture with cacao and melipona bees, and hiring its first full-time Maya team member. Over 70 participants joined workshops that strengthened food sovereignty and ancestral ecological knowledge in Quixayá, Guatemala.

July 26, 2024

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Living Maya/CIELO July Newsletter

Mely graduates from cooking school, electricity is brought to CEPC Toliman, two new interns, and more!

September 14, 2023

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Living Maya/CIELO September Newsletter

The first payment from Living Maya Cards reaches CEPC Tolimán, supporting Mely's cooking education, a new board member, and more!

April 26, 2023

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Living Maya/CIELO April Newsletter

A successful pre-sale, where to find Living Maya cards, Ritual of Myth-Making exhibition, a new Board VP, and more!

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