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In 2013, Finding Freedom through Friendship admitted Lorenzo, his blind and widowed mother Rosa and her four remaining children into our program. We did what we do best: FFF provided monthly food donations, we built the family a house, and we educated the children. As time went on a wood efficient stove, furniture for the…
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It is the end of another year of administrating our organization, and what a challenging one it was. Collectively, our board struggled with the loss of an adult child and the wedding of another; a husband’s surgery and a board member’s cancer scare; the loss of grant opportunities balanced by the generosity of donors who…
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Readers of this blog may sometimes think that the women we assist are downtrodden, faint of heart and lacking in strength. Nothing could be further from the truth, and in fact, working with them gives me inspiration as I see firsthand just how resourceful they are.There is a popular reality show called Preppers. The series…
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For some families in developed countries it is never enough. There are never enough closets, or items to put in them. Or garages, with enough cars parked inside. Or acres, with nothing on them but the ability to claim them as property. In a culture seeped in ownership of things, ironically, there is lacking. Lacking…
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I’m a firm believer in spiritual leaders. Personally, I need them; I seek them out, read their books, breathe their messages into my pores. I have to have mentors to keep me sane while working in Guatemala, a country of insane poverty, gender inequality and scholastic inadequacy. All of our board members are people of…
