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Heading back downstream toward the Río Tatín's confluence with the Río Dulce, you'll
find Ak' Tenamit (tel. 7908-3392 or 7908-4358,
www.aktenamit.org
), a grassroots health
and development organization helping to provide a better living for the local Q'eqchi'
Maya who inhabit the area in several villages. Thanks to this organization's efforts,
these extremely impoverished communities now have access to health care and education,
amongotherbasicnecessities.Thereisawomen'shandicraftcooperative,a24-hourclinic,
primary and secondary schools (including curricula in tourism and social welfare), and an
ecotourism center. At the visitors center you can buy locally made crafts and enjoy light
meals in a pleasant
palapa
-style café, which is open 7 A.M.- 4:30 P.M. Volunteer doctors,
dentists, and nurses who can commit for at least one month are always welcome.
the jungle-clad Río Dulce canyon
Continuingupstream,onthesouthbankoftheRíoDulce,isanothertributaryknownasthe
RíoLámpara.You'llseeasmallislandknownasCayoQuemadoatthemouthofthissmall
