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keep up to date with what's happening in El Parédon


Volunteer Kalena describes her experience at our growing social enterprise.

Volunteer Kalena with our dog Cusca

Kalena tells us about her volunteer experience at La Choza Chula and why she doesn’t want to leave. What have you been working on at La Choza Chula? As a WorkAway volunteer for 5 weeks,…

Meet Adelaida, our artisan maker of the signature Chula Products fabric

natural cotton process

In this blog we talk to Adelaida from Cooperative La Voz De Los Tz’utujiles, our artisan maker of the beautiful signature fabrics for Chula Products. What is Cooperative La Voz De Los Tz’utujiles? Our cooperative…

Sales & Marketing Intern

Our Sales & Marketing Intern Tavish McGreevy talks about his time volunteering with La Choza Chula as part of the Carpe Diem “Latitudes” programme. ——————————————– Why did you choose to travel with Carpe Diem to…

Meet Sandra Cruz, our Local Production Manager of Chula Products

international womens day

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we talk to Sandra Cruz, our Local Production Manager who works alongside our makers Angela and Mildred, to create our beautiful range of Chula Bags and Chula Clothes. Before becoming…

The life of an Intern at La Choza Chula in El Paredon

For four months Raphael Boulle was La Choza Chula’s Sales & Marketing Intern, working to improve our products and their sales both in the village and further afield. Here Raphael talks about his time as…

Meet Jonny, our Communications Intern

La Choza Chula

La Choza Chula recently took on Jonny Velasquez Figueroa as our new Communications Intern, working a few afternoons a week in the La Choza Chula office. After graduating last year the La Choza Chula identified…

Blogger ohdeardrea shares her La Choza Chula experiences

library ohdeardrea

Was brilliant to have professional blogger ohdeardrea and her family in El Paredón. They went on one of our Turtle & Salt Farms, whilst also had a look at our library and some of the…

A Day of Chula Tours

Chula Tours Cooking Class

Learn all about what it’s like to go on a day of Chula Tours, as two visitors from a passing cruise ship describe their day of tours with La Choza Chula. We sailed into Puerto…

Community members volunteering at La Choza Chula

volunteering at La Choza Chula

This year at La Choza Chula we have started a new volunteering programme, enabling members of the community to work at La Choza Chula. Here they can learn new skills and experiences as part of…