Today we celebrate the founder of Safe Passage, Hanley Denning, on her birthday. She opened the doors of Safe Passage (Camino Seguro) in December 1999. The hard reality of life in the Guatemala City garbage dump was unlike anything she had previously experienced in the United States. She felt a
Facebook’s Negative Impact on Nonprofits Guest post by Chris Burnham, from Sonar Digital In January of this year, our Facebook page with almost 11,000 followers was unexpectedly “unpublished” with no reason or warnings from Facebook. This was a shock, especially since 2021 was our best year yet on the
https://www.safepassage.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WhatsApp-Video-2022-03-21-at-12.15.01-PM.mp4 March was a busy month that included tons of testing and re-acclimating the students to the routine of school. It also saw the return of our youngest students to campus! To ensure proper attention and adherence to safety protocols, we staggered the return of our students by grade,
It is hard to believe that it has been 15 years since our founder, Hanley Denning, passed away unexpectedly in a car accident. Shortly after that tragic event, we began celebrating Hope in Action on her birthday, as a way to both honor and celebrate her life. We have
After taking a tour of Safe Passage in November with her high school, a student named Jenny wrote a poem about her experience. DUMP “Dump.” Upon hearing this word, what comes to your mind? Gradually decaying materials that are uncompostable to the soil? A source of pollution and breeding
