Maria with food donation from FFF donors

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…

Petronia before treatment in spring 2013 She is 34 years old, with four children and a husband who is a laborer in rural Guatemala, which means he can sometimes find work and sometimes not. The only unusual thing in the sentence above is that she survived to the age of 34.In May of 2013, the…

Our board members are all parents, and in some cases, grandparents. We know what American children worry about. As their caretakers, we have watched over them and worried with them, often wondering if we had appropriate boundaries as we got a little too immersed in their issues.They chewed their fingernails down as they watched scoreboards,…

 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”…

Irish Mother of 7 Making Fringe in 1914 (photo credit: Marguerite Mespoulet)  Because of my family heritage, Ireland is one of my favorite places to travel. Fellow Finding Freedom board member Mike McNevin is my brother, and we share a mutual interest in the Emerald Isle. I put a lot of thought into my recent…

Our organization has a new friend. Her name is Madison, a seven year old from Florida. Without realizing what she has done, which is one of the sweet things about being seven, Madison has helped our organization with one of our most important goals…creating hope, through friendship. Madison’s picture for Beatriz in Guatemala Beatriz in…