Margareta and son Dany with food donation from FFF

Finding Freedom through Friendship has a wonderful friend in Anne Hall, mother-in-law to board member Mary Kay Hall. Anne was our very first donor and has continued to support our organization through financial donations, sales of our coffee and key chains and now, through her knitting. She has raised hundreds of dollars for FFF.Anne is…

For many women in the United States, Guatemala can feel like a mysterious and complex country. It is admittedly difficult to find the similarities between the concerns and responsibilities of Guatemalan mothers as compared to those of mothers in the United States.   But as with most people worldwide, there are more similarities than there…

When my brother Mike (our Vice President) and I were little, our Grandmother would send care packages to us that were full of delight. Candy, Cracker Jacks, chocolate coins in tiny mesh bags–enough for all five of us. It felt like a box of joy had traveled all the way from Trenton, New Jersey to…

Manuela and her mother just received their June food staple donation from Freedom through Friendship. The maize, beans, cooking oil, sugar, pasta and other essentials have been donated to this family since February. Manuela suffers from anemia, and our facilitator will take her to a physician for an evaluation next month.Meanwhile, as a stipulation of…