What Do Guatemalan Children Want for Christmas?

When we inquired about what she wanted for Christmas, Maria asked for shoes, and food for her eight siblings. She needs footwear that can keep her feet warm while she harvests firewood in the mountains of Guatemala.

Jose’s (right) parents asked for a wheelchair for their son, who has never walked after suffering a traumatic birth. 

 





















Elsa (above) asked for school fees and supplies, so she could be relieved of helping her mother with childcare assistance and can go onto the next level of school in her Guatemalan village.  These two brothers (below) needed eye drops to ease the chronic eye irritation caused by their autoimmune disease, which causes skin breakdown and eye problems.  

 Santa is bringing the eye drops, Elsa will be able to go to school, Maria will get her shoes and the wheelchair has been ordered.
We have wonderful donors who filled these wish list items. 

Here is what Finding Freedom board members want for Christmas. 

We want a world where children’s basic needs are met, so that they can flourish, and use the talents that are unique to them to make our world a better place. We hope for a time when all feet are aptly clad, growing children are adequately nourished  and parents don’t have to choose between feeding a child and educating them. We want safe birthing practices to apply to all pregnant mothers, not only the ones who can afford the care so that children and their mothers don’t have to endure a lifetime of physical disabilities. We wish for a world where children have two parents, a mother and a father to love and nurture and guide them to a fruitful adulthood.