We are so thrilled to report that we have 271 Mother’s Day Baskets to give out!! Yesterday they were packed with lots of helping hands! Today we are distributing them. We are giving the roast chickens out in a separate bag. Every mother will receive a basket and a chicken. We also packed [...]

At the close of today’s business, AMELIA HOUSE–a significant contribution has been received which has closed the financial gap for the full purchase of the property and house for Amelia and her children. Thank you to everyone who helped this family and their extraordinary circumstances. Mayan Families

PANAJACHEL 4/11/08–Forty families supported by Mayan Families each received 10 baby chickens today. The number of receiving families represents the great success of the Chickens Program. Normally, the monthly distribution is twenty families. We were able to double the normal distribution due to the wonderful support of the “bucks for clucks” fund [...]

PANAJACHEL–Sharon said “You will not believe how many tamale baskets we are able to give out ————-drum rollllllllllll.…………………..We have 610 baskets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was really worried we would not get up to the 215 that we gave out last year but thanks to all of you, for spreading the word and [...]

It was very exciting today to see the progress on the San Jorge Community/Learning center! It is looking great! Construction Program

Young Marta and her family who live in Panajachel were thrilled to receive a gift of a much needed pila for their home. A pila is a two sided cement sink that is a very useful and necessary part of a Guatemalan home. The sink is used for washing dishes, washing clothes and [...]

Yesterday we had a very happy and busy day distributing the 271!!! Mothers Day food baskets. In the morning we had the yard at Mayan Families HQ absolutely full of mothers and children waiting to get their photos taken, children happily writing letters to their sponsors and joyfully receiving their baskets of food along with a [...]

Panajachel – It was a beautiful bright Pana morning as we all arrived for the April Healthy Pets clinic. There were six students from the University of San Carlos, 2 doctors, the Zoo Mascota staff as well as staff and volunteers from the Healthy Pets program. It was a good thing we had a full [...]

The MFC has reported that $565 has been pledged by its members and the follow up contribution payments are coming in. Thank you all for making this fund happen! Our medical costs are always so high. Yesterday-we purchased medicine for a young boy who had a kidney transplant. His mother gave him one of [...]

PANAJACHEL–We recently issued 15 micro loans of $134 each to a local Women’s Group. Many of these women will use these loans to realize wholesale prices in making beaded jewelry for their small businesses. The reduced prices will enable them to realize better profits. Other women will also apply the [...]

Operations Program

These are the much sought after musical instruments that all schools would like to have. Unfortunately, very few schools have them. We are trying to be able to provide musical instruments to the schools in San Jorge and Tierra Linda. If anyone is interested in helping with this project we would be very happy to [...]

SAN JORGE 4/15/08– Wednesday we had a very happy, colorful celebration for the 7th group of women to graduate from the sewing classes in San Jorge. These women, many who do not speak Spanish and have not had the opportunity to go to school, were thrilled to receive a diploma for graduating from their three month [...]

PANAJACHEL–The family of sponsored Student Reina Angelica #371 recently received a new cooking stove. This valuable improvement to their lives was made possible through a contribution by Shirley J. The new stove will help the family financially by greatly reducing their need to buy expensive firewood, as well as preventing dangerous respiratory problems caused by [...]

Student #46 Sandra receives gifts from her sponsor. Thank you. Student Sponsorship

PIXABAJ–The family of school sponsored student Petronilia recently had a water filter brought to them by the MF staff. This family lives in a remote area and in very primitive conditions. The water filter made possible by contributions to the Florence Rotary Club will now enable this family to have clean and healthy drinking water. Click [...]