Our Story
In 1995, two young Guatemalan teachers began holding impromptu classes in the streets of Xela for the many homeless children displaced by the Guatemalan Civil War. With a desire to provide these children an education as a path out of the streets, Guadalupe and Miguel founded Escuela de la Calle (“School of the Street”) to move their classes off the sidewalks and into an actual classroom.
With a clear goal, EDELAC needed a sustainable way to earn the money needed to fund their endeavor. With the help of Gavin and other foreign volunteers, they realized the great potential of offering hikes to newly arriving tourists. Thus, Quetzaltrekkers was born to serve as the stable fundraising arm of EDELAC!