Maria is quiet, humble and beautiful with her carmel colored skin and the high cheekbones of her Mayan heritage. The textile she brought out of her hut to show Finding Freedom board members was made of tightly woven blues and black colors with a sparkle of silver thread; the quality was some of the best…
Finding Freedom through Friendship has a friend and fellow humanitarian who resides in remote Huehuetenango, Guatemala. LynnAnn is doing work that few are strong enough, in spirit or body, to do. She, her daughter as well as her co-worker have lived in Guatemala for years, working among the people they are trying to assist. For…
For many women in the United States, Guatemala can feel like a mysterious and complex country. It is admittedly difficult to find the similarities between the concerns and responsibilities of Guatemalan mothers as compared to those of mothers in the United States. But as with most people worldwide, there are more similarities than there…
Four years ago we built her family a tiny but waterproof home with a concrete floor. When it was finished, her mother-in-law claimed legal possession and evicted the her from the new house. Cynthia’s home Since then, Cynthia and her family have been living in a slum outside of Guatemala City, residing in less than…
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…