In honor of Hanley

  • March 9, 2023
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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

Our Littlest Learners

  • April 1, 2022
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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,

Poem about the dump

  • December 14, 2018
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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