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Loma Linda is a small community about two hours from Quetzaltenango, the second-largest city in Guatemala. Families from the western highlands working for poor wages on plantations of the south coast bought the lands of Loma Linda in September, 1976 and created a cooperative Catholic community high in the mountainous area of El Palmar.  They worked communally to build their houses, a water project, a storage building, a church and a school. They were aided by Father Celestino, the Quetzaltenango organization Caritas, a Spanish aid organization and many others.

A few years ago, Executive Director Pascual Rafael Escobar organized a non-profit community group called ASODILL, whose purpose was to promote sustainable development such as organic agriculture and ecotourism and to provide employment opportunities for its members. Three years ago, ASODILL began a communal garden, which has turned out to be extraordinarily successful.

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