Manuela and her siblings with food donation

 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…

 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”…

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….

Much has been written in the last few weeks on the causes behind the surge in undocumented children finding their way into the United States. Children from Central America, who are fleeing, some with parents and some without, from hunger, poverty and violence. These children on the front pages of the press are the faces that…

On any given day there are thousands of women in active childbirth in rural Guatemala. The highest birthrate in Central America also comes with increased infant and maternal mortality statistics. The numbers are alarming, and reflective of a multitude of health care issues. Combine a lack of health care access, abysmally inadequate governmental funding for…

I took this photo on a recent holiday in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The beach was a child’s fantasy of warm water, gentle waves, skim boards and buckets of sand being made into castles. This particular location is a popular family destination for families from all over the south east. This photo shows the ambiance…