Guatemala Aid Fund Partner Programs
FOOD - SHELTER- EDUCATION - SUSTAINABILITY
RESPONSIBILITY - CONTRIBUTION - COOPERATION
LOVE - SUCCESS
Association to Eradicate Poverty (AEP)During their years of working with children and families, the Directors at Fatimas realized that the root causes of poverty need to be addressed rather than supporting children and families that suffer from the results with emergency care. This grew into the Association to Eradicate Poverty
Community Center - San Jose, Chacaya, Sololá Providing Education, Training and Healthcare Support in Rural Indigenous Community with Classrooms, Small Clinic, Library, Job Training, Nutritional Support, Indigenous Land Preservation and Employment Opportunities. Read More
Parenting School & Family Reunification Center -Guatemala City Providing Family Counseling, Parenting School, Job Training and Educational Support Indigenous Land & Forest Protection - Sololá Region Purchasing and preserving native forest and ancient ceremonial sites. We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $210,000 (formerly $275,000) US dollars to purchase the land to preserve it for the local indigenous community forever. Indigenous Weaving Entrepreneurial Program - Sololá Region Preserving the traditional Guatemalan Weaving craft with access to training by experienced elders, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, Solola Region - Indegenous Cooperative Day Care |
Fatimas Childrens HomeGuatemala City Family Style Home, emergency child protection, educational and psychological services and care.
Guatemala has a large number of children in institutions, many of which are inadequately staffed and lacking in their ability to provide education, health care, physical safety and emotional support. When children or teenagers age out of institutional care they may be released with no family to return to, and they often have insufficient education to obtain a skilled job, and no address to go home to. This results in a life in the streets and a difficult or impossible path not only for a successful and productive life, but also for survival. We try to erase that scenario by providing much more then the essential needs of food and housing for our kids. We want to provide a good life, now and for their futures. The priority is to provide the highest level of education and care while trying to reunite them safely with family, or create new families where they will educated and treated with dignity and love forever. Fatima's is not an orphanage, and they support family strengthening and new family creation to place children in loving families that is best for the child. Fatima Children's Home is a loving place where;
Corazones Felices - Family OutreachFeliz Corazones, or 'The Happy Hearts' program, is run by Guillermo and Gabby, the children of Rosa Maria Vides de Monzon who established the program. They are dedicated to helping at-risk families keep and raise their children. The program is focused on helping poor Guatemalan children to improve their ways of life through the love and commitment of some wonderful sponsors. They currently have numerous children in need of sponsorship. Read more...
Hermano Pedro Orphanage & Hospital Home to abandoned children and adults, performing day surgeries and dental support as well as drug addiction and alcohol abuse support. GAF Provides support for special requests.
Luz de Maria Luz de Maria, located just outside of Guatemala Cityis a lovely home run by hard working Dinora Palacios. GAF provided support to this home from their first opening for about 9 years. They have moved to another great new home with beautiful grounds! Congratulations! Read more...
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