In the mountains of Guatemala at a height of some 2,500 meters above sea level, Henkel employees set to work helping people to refurbish their village homes.In the summer of 2009, 21 Henkel volunteers from six countries met in the small mountain village. There they helped the inhabitants decorate and renovate their rather simple huts into homes worthy of the name, improved and adapted to the climatic conditions prevailing in the region.

Within three days, nine houses had been provided with whitewashed walls, sturdy concrete floors, stable stoves with a proper flue leading through the roof, and water filters for the provision of drinking water. Now, a total of 40 houses have already been improved as a result of the MIT initiative.

Watch out the video from Guatemala (video language: german)…