Helping villages in Guatemala, one nurse at a time, happens slowly. Very slowly. As in years. Ask a Mayan girl what she wishes to be when she grows up and she will tell you that her desire is to be a teacher. Teachers are often the only female professionals Mayan girls are exposed to, if…
Have we shared with you how much we love our Finding Freedom through Friendship logo? Designed by the oh-so-talented FFF board member Rae House (http://raehouse.com/), this set of three letters is our identity. It is feminine, soft, upbeat while still retaining a sense of grace. This logo says everything about us without speaking a word….
Their photographs absorb space in the recesses of our computer hardware as well as my own cerebral gray matter. Some photo files document our long-term, current relationships with the mothers and their children in Finding Freedom through Friendship. Other images are the only tangible proof that a friendship ever existed; photos showing that we at…
Gladis is the first member of her family for at least two generations who will receive an education that starts at an appropriate age. She is a petite six year old and will be in parvulos this year (parvulos is a grade between kindergarten and first grade in Guatemala). Kindergarten in Guatemala is essentially nothing;…