Maria and her elderly mother are preparing to move into their new home donated by Finding Freedom Through Friendship. Maria is our first client and her acute need for safe and structurally sound housing was the reason FFF was founded. I first met her almost one year ago. At the time, her youngest son was…
Our board vice president, Mike McNevin, is a scout leader in Denver. One of his prospective Eagle Scouts, Clayton Dunnaway chose rural midwives in Guatemala as his project. Finding Freedom sends midwifery kits to Guatemala as part of our maternal support program. The scouts above arranged the donations of supplies that are important for the…
The wealth of a country is dependent on the health of their women. Without an education, proper shelter, laws of protection and a means of economical gain, the women of Guatemala are not equipped to raise the next generation. Due to the limitations of governmental resources in each of these criteria reaching the women in…
This is Maria’s daughter. Maria is our first client, and is the reason our program was founded. Her needs for food and housing were urgent after the abandonment by her husband. Without an education, Maria had no way to earn more than a few dollars a week. Unfortunately, her situation is common in rural Guatemala….
Here is the post from our amazing FFF volunteer who delivered a diesel corn mill to the village of Xecalbal. On Friday 24th September early in the morning I met Ramon and his son at the shop there they sell corn mills and other things. And I paid for the corn mill and we had…