A Letter from Namakando Nalishebo

I am Namakando Nalishebo and I am the first born in the family of three girls only. I was born in 1999. I am a single orphan having mum only. My father died on the 30th of October 2011 when I was 12 years old. I started school in 2005 at Lukulu primary school, where …

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Another EWB Chapter Collaborates with MSPP

While the student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville (SIUE) and their structural engineer mentor Roy Wall work diligently on the design of the holding tank for the water distribution system in Virginia, Guatemala another student chapter has joined the MSPP team in Guatemala. In January 2015, a small …

Engineers Without Border Design Students, Water Pump Project

MSPP would like to congratulate Rebecca Standefer and Zack Dahmm on their recent graduation from the School of Engineering at SIUE. Becky and Zack chose our water pump project in Guatemala as their senior design project. Working with their professional mentor, Christopher Parrish, an engineer at American Water, MO. they have designed the pump system …

International Service Program

So often we are approached by concerned volunteers who feel compelled to do more than simply make a donation. These adventurers want to have an experience! MSPP has also seen a rapid increase in interest from colleges and universities in both the United States and Guatemala. So we have recently begun to develop an International …

L&C Nursing Group Serves More than 300 Patients in Rural Guatemalan Clinic over Alternative Spring Break

On March 7, 2014, 7 nursing students, 2 registered nurses and  2 administrators from  Lewis and Clark Community College and a Nurse Practitioner from Hinds Community College in Mississippi set out on a journey that changed their lives forever. Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC), in partnership with MSPP, travelled to the rural community of …

Volunteer: My Life Changing Experience

BY KIM SMITH I was never in love with nursing. If I'm completely honest, it was a profession that I was almost guided into. My neighbors were nurses, and my mom told me it was a degree that could become anything I wanted it to be. An added bonus was that they made decent money. …

Spring Break Trip with Lewis and Clark Community College

In March of 2014 MSPP teamed up with Lewis and Clark Community college nursing program for a medical trip over  spring break.  The team consisted of seven students, two registered nurses, and two administrators and MSPP President Terri Cranmer. In three days they saw approximately 210 children, 76 women and 52 men. Everyone said it …

MSPP Promotes Volunteerism in Colleges Worldwide

HELPING TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM IN COLLEGES  ACROSS THE WORLD On October 7, 2013, MSPP’s president Terri Cranmer presented at an education fair put on by Education USA/Guatemala, a department of the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala. The presentation, “The Importance of Volunteerism” was presented to potential college students as well as several students from rural Guatemala.  …

Raising Awareness

In September of 2013, Mustard Seed Peace Project (MSPP) hosted a friend from Guatemala, Ruben Dario Gomez Gonzalez. His trip was sponsored by Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) and Illinois American Water. During his 18 day visit to the U.S. he was able to share the culture of the Mayan people through archaeology, arts …

School Reconstruction Project

SCHOOL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT When the women in Virginia shared with us the fact that the 4th graders do not have a classroom and that they are forced to have class in the heat, sun, and the rain, we decided that we needed to make sure we looked into this.  Our president Terri Cranmer, put that …