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Escuela David LaMotte is one of three primary projects that Senderos supports, along with many smaller ones. Nino Tecún, a local Maya man who started the school, asked David for help in funding the construction of a one-room school house, and then, as a surprise to David, named it after him.  The school has grown […]

We were so excited to gather with friends in Asheville in October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Senderos. Alas, Hurricane Helene changed our plans. Due to storm damage, facilities weren’t ready to host us, and we all agreed that our attention should be focused on local aid and healing in the aftermath of the […]

— Postponed! Below is the invitation we sent for our October event, which was sadly postponed due to Hurricane Helene. We hope you can join us at the White Horse in Black Mountain, NC, on April 5, 2025 for the rescheduled event! Stay tuned for more details! Senderos has now been working with our partners […]

PEG Partners is now Senderos! We hope you can come join us to celebrate. Senderos is celebrating the launch of our new name (meaning “pathways”) and our new website with an event at White Horse Black Mountain, from 2PM to 4PM on Sunday, Nov. 5. We will have traditional Guatemalan marimba music, Guatemalan food and […]

December 2, 2014 Dear friends, It has been an exciting year for PEG Partners, as we celebrated our tenth anniversary. We are moving in some new directions, with a sense of potential in the air. That seems just seems right on an anniversary and at the new year, when we look both forward and back. […]

This article first appeared in the Black Mountain News. David LaMotte, musician, peace activist, and philanthropist, stopped by Black Mountain Presbyterian Church Weekday School to give the students a personal thank you for their help with a school in Guatemala that was in need of books. The Escuela David LaMotte, usually called Nino’s School, was […]

It was so good to see friends in El Tejar today.  I caught a public bus (they are known as ‘chicken buses’) to Chimaltenango, then switched and caught another to El Tejar and walked back into the neighborhood to the school, which is called ‘CEDIN’.  After hugs and general checking in, I walked to the […]

Antigua, Guatemala  8AM Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 I’m waking up this morning in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (also known as Xela), realizing that it has suddenly been a week since I arrived. The time is going quickly, and it has been a whirlwind. Here are a handful of highlights from the last week: Camino Seguro — After years […]