Margareta and son Dany with food donation from FFF

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…

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…

 Our loyal readers will remember this story below, which we first wrote in March.  In hospital, 1/14 This family was found residing in a rural Guatemalan hospital after the loss of their rental shack, their sibling and their income. Because of the lack of knowledge about the genetic skin disease the boys have, the court…

Fifty years ago a first grader (L) sat very still while the  photographer took her class photo. She was childishly unaware of the frayed ends of her braids and the gaps in her newly erupted teeth. She had brand new patent leather shoes on and they were wonderfully shiny and luxuriously black; the day couldn’t…

Each dollar we are gifted by our donors is precious. In fact, they are so important, that our board members volunteer their expertise, and we have no paid staff. We spend what we bring in, because having a reserve fund means that a child goes hungry, a mother remains sick, or a roof leaks onto…

When we inquired about what she wanted for Christmas, Maria asked for shoes, and food for her eight siblings. She needs footwear that can keep her feet warm while she harvests firewood in the mountains of Guatemala. Jose’s (right) parents asked for a wheelchair for their son, who has never walked after suffering a traumatic…