Kiva Service-Learning in Guatemala: Day 1
by Marika Dy ’16 As a Kiva Student-Leader, I was so excited to travel to Guatemala to see how microfinance works in the economic and cultural structure of the country. Our first day we trekked up stairs that led to an overloo k of the city of Antigua. Looking out on the whole city, I could feel the history and culture that seeped from the town and its colorful homes and shops lined along the cobblestone streets. We could see preserved ruins of buildings that retained traces of Spanish culture and colonial-era architecture. Some of the buildings were Catholic churches, hinting at one of the many influences of Spanish colonization.
