2012 Goals

Some of our Goals for 2012 are:

• Continuing to assist the impoverished Children, Women and Families in rural Guatemala through support with education costs and resources necessary to attend school, with a special focus on empowering those most disadvantaged or at risk--female students and single-parent families--through our student sponsorship program, which currently includes over 2,000 students.
• Continue to develop community empowerment programs within the various Education Centers we have. Planned programs include after hours school support, quarterly medical clinics, a computer skills program, health and nutrition education.
• Protect and preserve the local ecosystem. Environmental education and awareness through further distribution of sustainable fuel-efficient stoves, water filters and education projects here in Guatemala.
• Continue to host and facilitate visiting medical teams, specialized surgical teams, dental teams, vision teams and veterinary teams, enabling access to health education and treatment.
• Construction of local village education centers, schools and homes to support and strengthen the indigenous communities.
• Build and equip our New Trade Schools in Panajachel and San Andres. Grow our computer labs and sewing classes to include more villages.
• Spay and neuter hundreds, possibly thousands of animals this year through our Hope for the Animals program. 
• Continue to grow the Mayan Families Micro Loans Program and empower women to build and grow their own small businesses.
• Build and grow our sustainable projects throughout the year.