Catarina (right) looks more like one of her own daughters than the mother of these three beautiful girls. She shows the effects of maternal malnutrition in her lack of appropriate height and weight.It has been a difficult year for this 32 year old single mother in northern Guatemala. She suffers from tuberculosis, active asthma and…
William (right, far right) is one of the first students to benefit from Finding Freedom food donations. Roland, one of our volunteers, started delivering essential food supplies to William and his mother in the fall of 2009 when FFF was first created. This photo was taken last week during the December delivery.William will start middle…
This is our newest family, Lucia and her five children. One of many widows in northern Guatemala, Lucia struggles daily to feed her children. School starts in January. We want to help the older boys and their sister gain weight with much needed food donations, and to ensure that they are able to afford school…
Thanks to recent financial donations, Juana was able to receive much needed medication for her parasitic infection. The contaminated soil and water in Guatemala contributes to intestinal infections that are painful and persistent. The treatment is easily obtained, but our single mothers do not have available funds to medicate their children. Our facilitator, Roland, was…
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…