I received this update from Jody of COTA today. I am so happy that Angel was fortunate enough to receive this treatment. Thank you to everyone for your donations, prayers, support and well wishes for Angel. Sharon Dear Sharon, There were not many dry eyes today at the airport as we sent Angel off to [...]

Rena wanted to honor her parents with a gift that would keep on giving that would honor them. She bought two onil stoves, one for each of the student’s families that she sponsors.  This is a meaningful gift that will improve the health and lives of these two families for years and help the environment. “My parents, [...]

A group from Mayan Families Panajbaj delivered 8 chickens and 8lbs of chicken food to 50 needy families on their recent visit here. These chickens were very much appreciated by the families. We hope that these chickens will provide income and food for these families. Thank you to the fundraising project of “Henny Penny”. The funds were [...]

Last year we distributed more than 3,000 toys to children who otherwise would not have received a toy for Christmas. These toys were collected in many different ways, people left toys for us in shopping bags at major hotels and we collected them, sometimes there were just a few,other times there were boxes with [...]

The house that we are building in Cerro de Oro for the family of one of our students, #707 Tomas has many difficulties. It is a very difficult location. Everything has to be carried in by hand. Volunteers worked very hard this week delivering the building supplies. They had a lot of help [...]

This is one of the homes that we visited this week in Cerro de Oro. This woman is the mother in law and abuela (grandmother) of the Sicay Choy family that we built a house for recently. She lives in a very difficult situation. The smoke is overwhelming from the fire. The [...]

Two more happy mothers receiving milk for their babies.

Panajachel — Susan B., humane educator for the Healthy Pets program submitted this article with her view of the El Barranco clinic. She also sent in another slew of beautiful pictures that are posted in our photo gallery. The pictures show how we are surrounded by color, love and laughter! Thanks for sharing! Saturday August 25th [...]

I received this news from Rosemary and Jody from COTA today. Sharon —————————- To all, I just spoke with Teresa, Angel’s host mother, who was at the hospital with him. He is doing fine. He was moved out of the ICU yesterday and is in a regular room. He is having minimal pain, which is being [...]

PANAJACHEL–We recently issued 15 micro loans of $134 each to a local Women’s Group. Many of these women will use these loans to realize wholesale prices in making beaded jewelry for their small businesses. The reduced prices will enable them to realize better profits. Other women will also apply the [...]

Recent photos of donations being received:

Books were delivered to Tierra Linda school. These books have been sent down by Medrano Shipments and people carrying them down. We have been collecting them and along with some crafts supplies, we also delivered a beautiful World Atlas Book. The children were very appreciative!

This past week has been the culmination of three months of hard work for a group of women from Tierra Linda. They have been walking more than half an hour down the mountain, carrying babies, one woman being heavily pregnant and in the wet season to attend their sewing classes, but this did not deter them [...]

These two women are among the many who have been waiting to get an onil stove. As you can see their cooking conditions are very difficult. They were both fortunate to receive a stove yesterday. Thanks to Families for Guatemala 08!

Sponsored student Sindy 282 receives a new traditional outfit from her sponsor Louise. This was a wonderful gift for her because on August 15th there is a big school parade and Sindy needed to wear traditional clothing for it. Thank you Louise for making such a difference!

The family of sponsored students Juan 753, Irma 754, and Carlos 755 was very happy to receive a water filter. They will now have clean, safe drinking water! Gracias!