Two months ago this was how Alba, her brother and her mother survived; in a dark adobe home, sitting on their one piece of furniture, and somehow, still smiling after a decade of poverty and pain from chronic disease. When we were given this family as a possible referral, we accepted them. The word “Yes”…
Stove Donated to FFF client in 2010 (photo credit: Shawn Packard) This unassuming coffee pot sitting on an iron stove top seems almost artfully posed. With the fabricated wire handle and the brown tones of the wood to the right, the articles in the photograph could have been from the 1800’s. This photograph was instead…
We have twenty-one women and their children in our program. Finding Freedom’s annual Guatemalan trip to oversee our program is often the only direct time we spend with the women we assist with food, shelter and education for their children. Our facilitators are there daily, but this brief time our board members spends with with…
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…
“A proposal: Widow: Maria Juarez. Her daughter’s name is Catarina and she also has a son. I am including some of my photos of her and her daughter. And she is struggling hard so that they can continue to study. I have seen a document that she showed me that show that her husband died…
The Catapult Foundation in New York City was started by a group of professionals who have backgrounds in journalism, technology and design, and who have a passion for gender equality and the needs of women and girls around the world. Catapult shares our strong belief that there is an urgent need for increased financial and…