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Our Finding Freedom through Friendship board members are fortunate to have our health. None of us have lost our vision, hearing or any major sensory ability. It was therefore understandable that we were reluctant to spend $700 of our funding to assist a young lady in remote northern Guatemala with the purchase of a hearing…

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…

This beautiful teenager (above, middle) didn’t feel too pretty with her former prosthetic eye, which was too small and therefore did not stay in place very well. Our facilitator, Roland, who has volunteered in Guatemala for many years, knew of a medical professional who could help Tomasa. Finding Freedom through Friendship was able to network…

Children seem to appear from nowhere when we visit. Want to see the faces of the next generation in Central America? Stand in the yard of any villager in the mountains of rural Guatemala, and within minutes there will be dozens of beautiful raven haired children at your feet, curious about the gringos and comfortable…

 We are fortunate to have such intelligent board members in our organization, and some of them enjoy reading The New York Times. This nationally renowned newspaper does an excellent job of showcasing world events and stories.The link (below) to their recent story about sugar addiction hit home with a few of us. For me in…