laurashearer
Website: http://www.lacuadraonline.comLaura Shearer comes to us from Melbourne, Australia. After studying Psychology at university, then deciding she didn't want to be a psychologist, she set off on the Aussie rite of passage: a year backpacking in Europe. She returned to Australia a more worldly woman and embarked on a master's degree in communications and a career in corporate Australia. Four years later, she decided she wanted to do something more meaningful than make rich people richer, so she traveled Guatemala with the intention of spending a few months helping to spread the wealth around a bit more. That was in 2006, and she's still here. Laura has spent much of her time in Guatemala working for non-profits and of late, has been the crack reporter for La Cuadra.
Stories by laurashearer:
N.G.O. Review – Transitions
February 23, 2008. It was a typical Saturday night in San Juan Gascon. Mum, dad and the kids were at home. Luis, the eldest brother – a 19-year-old student – had gone out with friends. At around 11:30, as the family was going to bed, they heard the spine-chilling screech of a vehicle losing… »
The Coffee Trade Nothing Fair About It
The farmers said they left the building feeling dejected. Their application for a coffee export license had been denied by Anacafé a third time. The process started about six months before when Jorge, not a coffee farmer himself but a resourceful man who had offered to help, went to the Anacafé office to learn what… »
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