Our Donors Are The Bells of Christmas…..
There is so much we can’t write about in our Finding Freedom blog; layers of personal details that shouldn’t and won’t be shared, to protect the privacy of the children and mothers in our program. Some things are too hard to write about, other issues too difficult to wrap our minds around and in the…
This is Ana. She has had a very difficult life, which was made more so by the recent diagnosis of diabetes. Left alone to raise her five children in remote northern Guatemala, Ana had no social welfare resources available to help her with the critical needs of food and shelter for her family.Adopt-A-Village Guatemala has…
We have turned the page on the calendar, which means it is closet purging time at our respective houses. When temperatures warm, I spend time evaluating, perusing and trying to feel a connection to all of the items that have been housed in my closet. Our annual Finding Freedom yard sale is the perfect excuse…
The feeling of hope is elusive among Mayan widows in Guatemala. Without support from social services, food substance programs or donations of church services, a woman without a husband in Guatemala carries grief of two kinds: a broken heart for the man who is suddenly missing in her life and despair over a future without…
Here is an excerpt from an international news source that was posted last week: GUATEMALA CITY — Central America is having one of its worst droughts in decades, and experts warned Thursday that major farm losses and the deaths of hundreds of cattle in the region could leave hundreds of thousands of families without food.The…
Finding Freedom is the fortunate and frequent recipient of thank you letters from our participants. Some are hand delivered during our home visits. Others are sent via our facilitators in Guatemala. Each one is a treasure; a written documentation of the challenges and changes we have introduced into the lives of the women and children…