Margareta hand-embroidering traditional Guatemalan clothing

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…

New Onil stoves are being delivered to our single mothers this week thanks to a generous donation from Jennifer in Austin, Texas. Her financial gift has allowed us to purchase eight stoves for our clients, as well as water filters for each.  The stoves will  reduce the amount of time each woman uses to chop…

In the last month, our tiny organization has lost two sweet souls in Guatemala. Two people who meant the world to their loved ones. Two people who left children behind, and who were the glue in the fabric of their families. People pass away every second of every day. Thousands of people worldwide leave this…

Stove Donated to FFF client in 2010 (photo credit: Shawn Packard) This unassuming coffee pot sitting on an iron stove top seems almost artfully posed. With the fabricated wire handle and the brown tones of the wood to the right, the articles in the photograph could have been from the 1800’s. This photograph was instead…

   I am beyond words today…a hard few weeks of some major family issues have left my writing skills sapped of any creativity.   I have always said that no matter how hard my days are, I would never trade one of them for a day in the lives of the women we assist in Guatemala….