FOOD - SHELTER- EDUCATION - SUSTAINABILITY - RESPONSIBILITY - CONTRIBUTION - COOPERATION -
LOVE - SUCCESS
LOVE - SUCCESS
NEW! Starting the SOLALA Home Project in 2018
This Project is exactly aligned with our Mission Statement for:
FOOD - SHELTER- EDUCATION - SUSTAINABILITY - RESPONSIBILITY - CONTRIBUTION - COOPERATION -
LOVE and SUCCESS
This is a community focused project, developed and managed by Guatemalans with an achievable goal to provide Education and Child Support to abandoned and abused children and mothers with children that are vicitms of violencein the Rural Indigenous are of SOLALA in Guatemala.
We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $150,000 US dollars to purchase the land, and build the first phase of the Home.
Whatever the reason for the infants, children and youth finding themselves without a home, food, education and care, it is clear that they all need consistent loving care, psychological support and life skill training in an environment they can consider home. They all need a continuum of safe care without the fear and consequences of being moved from place to place, or released without proper life skills and support and self worth.
Privately run homes, such as ours, Hogar de Niños Fátima, in Guatemala City have proven successful in helping children in the worst of situations form a future. When adequately supported and staffed with loving trained professionals we can provide the full range of supports to not only keep abandoned, abused and at risk children alive, but to give them an opportunity for self sufficiency and future opportunites, and with the most important component of all.. knowing that they will always have an address and a place where they are loved and cared for.
We are in the process of raising funds to build a NEW home, in rural Guatemala to provide safety, education, health care and assistance to women and children that are victims of violence in their regions.
In keeping with our proven model for the development of mental health, life skills, and a strong education with deep ties to the local Community, including language, traditions, and respect for the enviroment, we are excited to unroll the plans for the SOLALA home.
We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $150,000 US dollars to purchase the land, and build the first phase of the Home.
This Project is exactly aligned with our Mission Statement for:
FOOD - SHELTER- EDUCATION - SUSTAINABILITY - RESPONSIBILITY - CONTRIBUTION - COOPERATION -
LOVE and SUCCESS
This is a community focused project, developed and managed by Guatemalans with an achievable goal to provide Education and Child Support to abandoned and abused children and mothers with children that are vicitms of violencein the Rural Indigenous are of SOLALA in Guatemala.
We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $150,000 US dollars to purchase the land, and build the first phase of the Home.
Whatever the reason for the infants, children and youth finding themselves without a home, food, education and care, it is clear that they all need consistent loving care, psychological support and life skill training in an environment they can consider home. They all need a continuum of safe care without the fear and consequences of being moved from place to place, or released without proper life skills and support and self worth.
Privately run homes, such as ours, Hogar de Niños Fátima, in Guatemala City have proven successful in helping children in the worst of situations form a future. When adequately supported and staffed with loving trained professionals we can provide the full range of supports to not only keep abandoned, abused and at risk children alive, but to give them an opportunity for self sufficiency and future opportunites, and with the most important component of all.. knowing that they will always have an address and a place where they are loved and cared for.
We are in the process of raising funds to build a NEW home, in rural Guatemala to provide safety, education, health care and assistance to women and children that are victims of violence in their regions.
In keeping with our proven model for the development of mental health, life skills, and a strong education with deep ties to the local Community, including language, traditions, and respect for the enviroment, we are excited to unroll the plans for the SOLALA home.
We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $150,000 US dollars to purchase the land, and build the first phase of the Home.
SEPTEMBER EVENT - Arlington Town Day!
Saturday September 15, 2018 9:00am-3:00am Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington Center
Join in the fun with Music, food vendors, Town Clubs, artisans and non profits. Guatemala Aid Fund will be selling Jewelry, Artisan Crafts, artwork and cards! 100% of all sales go Directly to the child care programs we support in Guatemala - 100%!
Saturday September 15, 2018 9:00am-3:00am Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington Center
Join in the fun with Music, food vendors, Town Clubs, artisans and non profits. Guatemala Aid Fund will be selling Jewelry, Artisan Crafts, artwork and cards! 100% of all sales go Directly to the child care programs we support in Guatemala - 100%!
JUNE EVENT - Arlington Feast of the East Festival
June 16, 2018 12:00-4:00 Massachusetts Avenue, East Arlington Massachusetts
Join in the fun with Music, many restaurants and food vendors, artisans and non profits. Guatemala Aid Fund will be selling Guatemalan Artisan Crafts, Weavings, and a variety of Jewelry! 100% of Profits will benefit the Kids in Guatemala
MARCH EVENT - Teen to Teen and Kids Community Service Inspirational Fiesta!
St. Johns Church, Arlington MA
Guatemala Aid Fund Welcomes Bob Noel!
The GAF team is thrilled that Bob Noel from Fargo North Dakota found us! Bob is an amazing individual that has been leading service trips to countries such as Guatemala and Peru for more than 15 years. Bob has combined his passion for helping those in under-served communities with his talent as a youth educator and mentor. Bob is specifically gifted in fostering social awareness and development of youth, teens in particular. He has a great sense of humor and has an incredibly welcoming personality. We were also thrilled to learn of his extensive knowledge of the Boston Red Sox when he arrived with a team of amazing teenagers from the Oak Grove Lutheran School to kick off our Teen to Teen outreach events here in the Boston Area.
Watch an AMAZING VIDEO THEY CREATED
Watch an AMAZING VIDEO THEY CREATED
Connection - Combined Goals
Bob found us while looking for opportunities/programs to help out in Guatemala. In the past few years he has experienced first hand the extensive need for assistance for the many children living in extreme poverty there. Those literally without the hope of an education, or often a place to live safely. Bob and his teen/parent groups first visited and worked at our partner programs, fell in love with the Guatemalan communities and then reached out to us to get more involved. It was apparent immediately that the GAF Teams' deeply rooted core goals were directly aligned with Bob's vision and deep calling to return to Guatemala. These goals are focused on assisting the neediest and most vulnerable children by supporting Guatemalan run programs that provide food/shelter and healthcare in a loving and safe environment, as well as a very firm longer term commitment to education. Helping children who otherwise have no chance at all of attending school. Bob spreads his deep passion to help in Guatemala wherever he goes. The excitement to join forces was electric. We are all so motivated to provide our volunteer time to do the most we can when we can. Bob introduced GAF to Project Genesis, a program completely in synch with our mission for working with Guatemalan Run programs that provide health and education support for the neediest children in Guatemala. We feel blessed that Bob found us and connected us to his great teams from Fargo North Dakota and Project Genesis.
