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The Blues
For the last three weeks, I’ve been living in the basement while our hardwood floors were being redone. Sleeping on the couch, feeling misplaced and disgruntled, but grateful all the same that I had floors to refinish. And a couch to sleep on, blankets to keep me warm. And heat, water, dishes, coffee. And a…
A letter from Ana in Guatemala
Finding Freedom is the fortunate and frequent recipient of thank you letters from our participants. Some are hand delivered during our home visits. Others are sent via our facilitators in Guatemala. Each one is a treasure; a written documentation of the challenges and changes we have introduced into the lives of the women and children…
This is What Our Name Really Means
Four years ago we built her family a tiny but waterproof home with a concrete floor. When it was finished, her mother-in-law claimed legal possession and evicted the her from the new house. Cynthia’s home Since then, Cynthia and her family have been living in a slum outside of Guatemala City, residing in less than…
Manuel and Family with food donation from FFF
Finding Freedom does not usually support married women. In the case of this family, FFF was concerned that without food donations, Manuel’s wife would be a single mother soon.We have been working with a physician friend in Guatemala to diagnose Manuel. To date, his physical wasting has been diagnosed as severe diabetes. The logistics of…
How Often Do We Really Listen?
This is Ana. She has had a very difficult life, which was made more so by the recent diagnosis of diabetes. Left alone to raise her five children in remote northern Guatemala, Ana had no social welfare resources available to help her with the critical needs of food and shelter for her family.Adopt-A-Village Guatemala has…
Stove Donations Vital in Preventing Deforestation in Guatemala
Stove Donation (before assembly) with wood pile I rarely link to other articles about issues in Guatemala. I know our readers have other more pressing issues than reading lengthy publications about problems in another country. I’m making an exception with this article, http://phys.org/news/2012-08-forest-razing-ancient-maya-worsened.html since it validates concerns our board members have had about deforestation in…