Henry is a little boy who resides in the gentle slopes at the base of the strikingly majestic mountains that are a hallmark of rural Guatemala. At age six, Henry doesn’t put much thought into why a group of Americans visit his family every year. He is happy to have a new mattress, loves the…
Two photos, both taken with my iPhone: One breaks my heart, the other fills it with joy. For two years, Raquel (above) was one of our Guatemalan sponsored students. We were cautiously optimistic about the opportunity that lay before this young teenager. The oldest daughters of widowed women in rural Guatemala carry a heavy burden…
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…
Our facilitators in Guatemala know better. They understand that Finding Freedom through Friendship is limited in our financial resources, as are most nonprofit organizations in our current economy. It takes money to feed, shelter and educate children, and this money squeaks from being wrung dry. So we said, and have said for months,”no more.” No more emails…
Our blog posts usually contain background information on the Finding Freedom mother’s and their children. In this case, we think the photos will tell their own story: photos of our very first Finding Freedom through Friendship mother, Maria. The first photo was taken on the first day of the initial food delivery to Maria, her…
Friends who knew that Finding Freedom volunteers were in Guatemala a few weeks ago are asking how our trip went. Without forethought, we are all finding ourselves saying, “It was our best trip ever.”The justification for this response is easy. This particular trip excelled in witnessing what we are all working hard to achieve: improved health…