Bell also crusades to buy
books for school children.
The
poverty is so abject, that schools must charge for school books and supplies.
That
means only a handful of students have school materials and the rest can only
crudely follow the lecture and blackboard lessons without books or writing
paper.
Bell
seeks to break the chains of low education, high teen birthrate and poverty.
Her
greatest joy is researching the city.
She
has authored and published the definitive book on her adopted hometown, Antigua
Guatemala: the City and its Heritage in English, Spanish and Italian.
She
also has published a book that captures the floral carpet and processional
spirit of Semana Santa in: Lent and Holy Week in Antigua – available in
both English and Spanish editions.
“Now
Antigua is the No. 1 city destination in Central America,
so everyone visits. There are efforts to achieve a balance between
preservations and development through Salvemos Antigua -- a foundation I am
active in -- and other groups,” Bell
said.
Visit
Bell’s website
at: http://www.antiguatours.net/
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