Miriam is a sixth-grade Egyptian student in primary school. She is appreciative that she was accepted into the Finding Freedom Through Friendship tutoring program this year. Mariam’s mother is a waitress, and her father works in a plastic recycling factory. Not typical of an Egyptian family, Mariam’s parents are separated. Her older brother lives with…
Finding Freedom remains committed to our scholarship students as they negotiate the unending challenges of virtual education. Francisco has big dreams for himself.
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…
The future looks brighter during the holiday season, and for this little Finding Freedom through Friendship family, it is. In 2014 Larry, his brother Dennis and their widowed mother were homeless, malnourished and financially helpless. For months, their existence was delegated by the daily life of a hospital ward where the family was living while…