Guatemalan widows
Transformation in Guatemala: Carolina’s Story
Carolina’s Story A widow with two teenage boys. Daughter died at birth. Family home sold by deceased husband (alcoholic) before his death. Terroristic threatening by the loan sharks left the family vulnerable during the midnight raids by men demanding repayment. The anxiety and depression and lack of supervision for her sons during her long workweek…
Progress in Guatemala: The Proof is In the Photos
Change comes slowly when working deep in the recesses of Central America. Remember the childhood game of Whack-A-Mole? Armed with a huge mallet, the player pounds a large crayola-colored mole back into place, only to have one more surface too quickly to leave the you with a sense of gratification. There is Progress in Guatemala:…
Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy in Guatemala
Gladis is the first member of her family for at least two generations who will receive an education that starts at an appropriate age. She is a petite six year old and will be in parvulos this year (parvulos is a grade between kindergarten and first grade in Guatemala). Kindergarten in Guatemala is essentially nothing;…
A Fruitful Crop in Guatemala
The number of Mayan widows FFF has to select from is longer than the financial resources to assist them with, but we moved Ana to the top of the list quickly. The need for suitable housing for her six children was acute, and the malnutrition indicators demonstrated by the small stature of her children were…