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We appreciate media coverage from local, national, traditional and digital sources. The more we can create awareness about our programs, the more students we can help.
In the News
- Nuestro Diario: RWI helps the children in Guatemala
- Siglo XXI: RWI offers scholarships and promotes community development
- Roots and Wings International profiled on Tonic.com
- Reason for hope in impoverished Guatemala
- RWI Technology Learning Center Breaks Ground in Pasac, Guatemala
- Alan Kitty to Star in Mark Twain's Last Stand
- University of Lethbridge Rotaract Club Hosts Fifth Annual Dinner & Silent Auction
- The Global Studio is working with Roots and Wings International to assist with the visualization of a new computer training center in the village of Pasac, Guatemala.
- Roots and Wings Dream of a Better Guatemala: Join their campaign to build a computer lab serving 500 youth
- Roots and Wings International gives much needed lift to those in need
- Creative Company Concocts Cocktail to Collect Coin for Cause
- Roots & Wings Intl. volunteers help to educate others
- Wild fires create emergency situation in Solola Guatemala
- American Today: Opening doors to college in Guatemala
- American Bar Association: Law Student Raises Funds to Promote Education in Guatemala
Newsletters
- August 2010: Tech Center Progress: Sewage Treatment Plant Addition; Featured Student; Featured Volunteer; Wow Your Dog and Benefit RWI!; Dangerous Flooding in Guatemala
- June 2010: Meet Some of Our Guatemalan Scholars
- May 2010: Breaking Ground on Tech Center Is Underway; RWI Spanish Website Launched; Featured Volunteer; Impact of Funds; Say What? “Fijese Que!”
- April 2010: 50 Great Reasons Campaign; Featured Student; Buy Coffee to Support Education; Featured Volunteer; Guatemala Salsa Festival
- Mar 2010: Rotaract Club Raises Nearly $6000 for RWI; Featured Student; Easter Celebration in Guatemala; Featured Volunteer; RWI Annual Report 2009 Now Available; New RWI Phone Number
- Feb 2010: Donate on Valentine's Day; Featured Student; High School vs. University Scholarships; Featured Volunteer; Technology Center Commitment; LiftNGlow Fundraiser; Gift Matching
- Jan 2010: Erik Swanson's Visit to Guatemala; Microsoft Software Donation; Erik Swanson and Cristobal Guarchaj Radio Interview; Roots and Wings International's Website Redesigned
- Dec 2009: Featured Student; LiftnGlow partners with RWI; $120,000 Google grant; Volunteer Appreciation; Recruit fans and win
- Nov 2009: RWI's Scholarship Interviews in Progress; Peek into the lives of rural Guatemalans; Volunteer Appreciation
- Oct 2009: RWI scholar and primary school teacher Manuel; First technology center in Boca Costa
- Sep 2009: Determined scholar to eliminate illiteracy in village; Green Lion raises fund for RWI
- Jul 2009: 25Computers; Waiting for a turn at Transformation; Engineering Scholar Francisco
- Jun 2009: Social Work college student Diego; Hi-tech meets rural Guatemala; $8,500 raised
- Feb 2009: Future indigenous lawyer Manuel;Virtual tour of our office
- Dec 2008: Featured student Pascual; Our latest GoldPlus partner TECO Energy
- Nov 2008: Our scholar Herlinda, Running to raise funds, Recent developments at Guatemala HQ
Press Releases
- RWI Launches 50 Great Reasons Campaign: Unique Opportunity to Make a Difference and Help the Youth of Rural Guatemala Become a Catalyst for Change in Their Communities
- First Tech Center Underway in One of the Poorest Areas in Rural Guatemala
- Rotaract Club Raises Over $5000 for RWI to Promote Education in Guatemala
- A Nonprofit’s Campaign to Transform 50 Villagers into Academic Scholars
- Microsoft Giant Donates $15K in Software to U.S.-based Nonprofit
- Charitable Matching Initiated by Two Like-Minded MBAs
- Nonprofit Cocktail Benefit to Fund Rural Guatemalans’ Education
- US-Based Nonprofit Becomes a $120,000 Google Grant Recipient
- Rural Guatemala Anticipates Its First Technology Center to Be Built by U.S. Volunteer Program
- RWI's university scholarship program opens doors for impoverished Guatemalan applicants (Versión Español)
- International nonprofit partnership makes a difference globally–One donation at a time (Versión Español)
- Guatemalan farming village expected to receive 25 donated laptops (Versión Español)
- Cocktail Reception To Empower Indigenous Guatemalan Students
- Non-Profit helps indigenous Guatemalan students gain access to higher education
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