Margareta hand-embroidering traditional Guatemalan clothing

Meet Victor: One of two of the most amazing Fathers in Guatemala. Victor is everything this photo (R) would indicate and more. His attitude is as upbeat as his smile demonstrates. Victor’s energy and enthusiasm for helping our nonprofit is as boundless as the oceans that hover on each side of the Guatemalan coast. He…

I adore the BBC radio channel. From my driver’s seat I can be carried away, via radio waves, to Syrian refugee camps, Whale sightings in Ireland or into the home of a celebrated author. When a recent story showcased a woman who rescues Monarch Butterflies, I was mesmerized. The woman interviewed spends her free time…

Six years ago, Finding Freedom through Friendship took Lorenzo, his four siblings and his widowed mother into our program. It is not a normal business plan format for a nonprofit organization to keep a family in our program for such an extended period of time. In many cases, we have found that the most effective…

Margareta is the mother of five children. Her husband came to the U.S. several years ago, and the family still owes a financial debt to the coyote who he traveled with. As a result of this debt, the family lost their land which was one of the few things they owned. Meanwhile the husband is…